Champion Family

This weekend was Easter and what a fun one it was.  We had an Easter Egg Hunt, dyed Easter eggs, rolled the dyed eggs down a hill and of course the Easter Bunny came for a visit!  Jaxon and Risa had a wonderful time and they both especially enjoyed all the treats that came with it!

the Egg Hunters, some are more excited then others,while others have no idea what is going on!

so excited he found one!

Searching for those Eggs

Everyone relaxing after their hard work:)

Then it was time for the Easter Bunny!

Checking out what the Easter Bunny brought them.

Dying Easter Eggs

Sticking his tongue out like his egg

Jaxon had a lot of fun dying the eggs... on the other hand Risa did not and this is how much she liked it:)

like not at all

and then she found my hair and all was right in the world again!

See all smiles now.

After we dyed the eggs we went and rolled them down a hill, but instead of rolling it, it turned more into throwing them.  Same thing I guess.

And yes he wore his Spiderman costume and rainboots over a long shirt and pants in 20 degree Celsius weather. He wouldn't change.

This is how Risa participated, eating a fruit leather in her stroller.  What a life!

The kids had a lot of fun, and so did Bob and I. However, even though it is a wonderful way to spend time together as a family, the real meaning of Easter isn't the Easter treats, the Easter Egg Hunt or the dying of the eggs.  But rather what our Savior did for us and the sacrifices that he made so that we may live the life that we do.

My favorite quote about what the Savoir did for us is this:

  

As Elder Holland described it:

“In the moonlit silence of that Near Eastern Night in Gethsemane, every acute pain, every heartfelt grief, every crushing worry and human hurt experienced by every man, woman and child in the human family was to be heaped upon his weary shoulders.  But in such a moment, when someone might have said it to him, he rather says to us, “Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid (John 14:27).  He bore all our sins, our fears and our loneliness too.  He did then, he does now and he will always be there.”  (Conference, October 1995)

I hope that we never forget what he did for us. Happy Easter!