Easter 2014.

On Saturday, Ethnie had the opportunity to be a part of a service project through church. She got to make food bags for homeless children in the twin cities. There are over 9,000 homeless kids in the metro area. That was shocking to me. The girls filled the bags with snacks, like trail mix, dried fruit, granola bars, and fruit snacks. Then they made a card for each bag decorated with stickers. These bags get sent home with homeless kids at school on Fridays. For some of these kids, it will be the only food they will have until Monday when they return to school. It was a humbling experience and a nice thing to do in the spirit of Easter. The girls were able to fill about 180 bags.

 excited to give away her cards.

 great job, girls!

Easter Sunday was very nice. We had a very uplifting service at church with inspiring music and talks. Even the children got to go up front and sing two songs. It was Emmett's first time being old enough to sing with the other children and he actually stood up there! I came with him, but he was brave and stood there silently. :) Then Ethnie got to give a talk in her Sunday school class. She spoke about how the Savior influences her family. She did a great job!

 

Emmett has been very attached to an old stuffed rainbow trout from Cabela's that we have (a gift from papa and grammy). He's been sleeping with it all week and hauls it into the living room when he wakes up.

ready for church

The weather was absolutely perfect and made this Easter that much brighter and uplifting. After church we had Matt's family over for Easter dinner. It was a feast and I was so grateful for it. I also hid some eggs in the yard for the kids to hunt. Emmett still needs help with this, but he was able to find quite a few eggs. Dad helped. ;) 

 stud.

 I couldn't believe how fast Ethnie was running around grabbing eggs.

 she was DYING to get her shorts on.

 If you look up in the tree, you'll see Ethnie's adorable bird house she painted over the weekend.

I hope you all had a beautiful Easter! I am so grateful to know that Jesus Christ lives!