Happy Easter

Happy Easter! We had a very quiet Easter this year. It was so nice to be able to stay home with the our family and just enjoy the time. Derek taught the girls the reason we celebrate Easter and Mckinley asked a lot of questions, some had to do with Easter and most did not. She is very inquisitive and has to know everything. Aidie tried to pay attention but did not really care to sit there. I guess all that really matters is that we tried and anything is better than nothing.
It was so much fun to watch the girls look at pictures of our Savior and know who He is. It was so sweet to watch Derek explain why Jesus was resurrected in a way the girls would understand. I started to realize that even though they don't totally understand everything, at least they know who Jesus is and that He loves them.


We had an Easter Party at my parents last Sunday. The girls had so much fun finding their chalk eggs (sidewalk chalk) and drawing all over the sidewalks. We had so much fun hanging out with everyone. Casey, Kristi and Ashlynn were in town so we had fun seeing them and spending time with them. We missed Cathy though and hope she can make it next year.

We colored eggs on Saturday. Aidie tried to eat the dye pellets before we started and turned her mouth blue. Mckinley was so excited to color eggs and had so much fun. I love the colored hands at the end. I am not sure why we do this because neither of the girls like to eat the eggs.

They loved hunting Easter Eggs! Aidie would get so excited every time she found an egg. Mckinley would try to hide them for Derek and Aidie kept walking behind her all excited because she kept finding eggs. Mckinley was not as excited about this as Aidie.


And on a final non-Easter note: They dug our hole for our basement!!! I am so excited! It is almost unbelievable to watch. It is one of those things you never think is going to happen and then one day there is a hole and they should start the foundation next week. It is fun to see things progress even if it is just the beginning.