Easter weekend...

Easter weekend...a wonderful time to celebrate and meditate on what our Lord has done for us. From the torture he endured on the cross...in our place...imparting HIS righteousness to us, though we don't deserve it. To his resurrection and promise of return. We are truly, truly SO thankful for all of this...so grateful for our King...so hopeful in Him and His plan that is so intricately woven and plays out each day. Thank you God! And thank you for some time off of work to rest, and to relax with family :)

On Good Friday, Carter had an Easter party / Easter egg hunt at Primrose. I got to go by for a little while and see him...He is OBSESSED with his Easter eggs. He asks for his little bag of eggs almost every day. So cute...




He decorated his own "Easter bag."







Saturday morning, we went to Home Depot and did a "Kid's Workshop" where Carter got to make his very own bird feeder! He had so much fun...especially painting it. Good grief I was so glad for that cute little orange apron he was wearing!





The finished product, below (we hung it on his bedroom window, so he can see it from his room). One evening last week, when we were out for a jog - I saw a beautiful red cardinal eating from it! I tried to sneak up and take a picture with my phone. But unfortunately Jake was with me - so he scared the bird away :(

We went to church Saturday night and then went out for dinner. Mommy, Daddy, Carter and of course, Simba the Lion (as you can see in most of the pics - he accompanies us almost everywhere these days!).


Easter basket fun on Sunday! Carter got a lot of goodies...A book about Jesus and the meaning of Easter, an A-Z alphabet book, a pack of 5 Cookies Monster books, a Sesame Street coloring book, a talking Buzz Lightyear, an airplane, stickers and some Easter M&Ms.

And of course Gigi couldn't resist sending him some Easter goodies as well! A sweet card, lots of Easter stickers, bubbles, Thomas the Train bubble bath, a Cars egg with candy / stickers, and a Berenstain Bears Easter book (that he loves!)


And on Sunday, we went back to church so Tim and I could serve in the nursery and love on some babies while their parents went to church to hear the good news of the Gospel and to celebrate Easter. We rode the shuttle bus over (from the old church campus - to the new one). Carter is OBSESSED with school buses. (And of course he thinks the shuttle is a school bus as well). So we promised him we'd ride. And boy was he EXCITED!

Later that afternoon, we go to go to DD and Pops house for some family fun and some yummy food! But we forgot to take pics...

Monday I had the day off (a bad weather day for school - that we didn't use - hooray!). So Carter, Simba, Buzz and I got to spend a fun-filled day together :)