Rinn Reflections: Our Easter~2012

Monday, April 9, 2012

Our Easter~2012

Wow! We've had quite a few fun--and meaningful--days of Easter celebrations!

I am so excited to share some of our pictures!

Easter Egg Hunt

We went to a fun Easter party with some friends on Thursday morning. Isaac was so excited about it & loved telling everyone that he was going to an Easter party.

Apparently Isaac's cupcake was too good to stop for a picture ;)

This picture makes me laugh! My friend told all the younger kids to stay near the house and hunt for eggs, and then she told the older kids to run to the back of their property to look for eggs.

Isaac ran so fast--he was determined to keep up with the big kids!

Here's a quick picture my friend took of us at the party--don't you love all the chocolate on Isaac's face!?!

Resurrection Rolls

I saw this idea on the blog Balancing Beauty & Bedlam last year and knew it'd be a great way to teach Isaac about the empty tomb. Isaac and I had a few minutes together to do this on Friday evening while Emma was napping and David was serving at church.

We dipped marshmallows in melted butter, cinnamon, & sugar and then rolled them up in crescent rolls. I talked about how Jesus' friends carefully wrapped His body before putting it in the tomb. Then, we put our pan of rolls into the oven and "sealed" it shut by closing the door, just like the tomb was sealed with a huge stone.

After the rolls were finished baking, I opened up one of them and asked Isaac what was in it. He didn't really look and said "a marshmallow." I told him to look carefully again--and then he just stared and stared at it. (I wish you could see how confused his face looked!) I told him that the marshmallow was gone & the roll was empty just like the tomb was empty on Easter morning! Isaac must not have quite believed me, because he said "check another one." :) Oh, he makes me laugh!

Easter Eggs and Easter Bunny

We all dyed Easter eggs together on Saturday morning. Later that afternoon, we went to our neighborhood's Easter Egg-stravaganza. We missed the egg hunt because Isaac was still napping, but we got a few pictures of Isaac and Emma with the Easter bunny.

Isaac only sat this close to the Easter Bunny after she took her huge bunny head off and just put these bunny ears on! ;)

We had read the story of Easter several times after supper over the past week. On Saturday night, we found that Isaac had paged through his Bible until he found the story of Jesus dying on the cross.

(I ran to grab my camera once I saw what he was doing!)

Whenever he sees these pages in his Bible, Isaac points to Jesus on the cross and says "that man is really, really sad." Then, he says, "Jesus is not dead--Jesus is alive!" And, if you know Isaac, you know that he says "Jesus is alive" at the top of his lungs! It is priceless!!

Easter Sunday!

It was so wonderful for our family to have so much time together this weekend. We loved watching Isaac open his Easter basket on Sunday morning. I added a few things that I'd meant to put in Isaac's Christmas stocking, plus my parents gave Isaac a new book and Dave's parents sent Isaac and Emma Easter bunnies.

I am so thankful for the new life God has blessed our family with this year, just as I am so thankful for the new life that we can have through Jesus' death on the cross.

One of the songs that we sang at Keystone on Sunday morning had the lyrics "You're making all things new"--God, thank You for making me new, not only through salvation, but also through the new joy and new strength You give me.

John 10:10 "The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it abundantly."

And, I am so thankful for these precious little lives!

After church, we went to my parent's house. It was a little too wet outside for Isaac and Amanda's Easter Egg hunt, so my dad hid all the Easter eggs throughout the house. :)