Easter Fun

It is fun to watch all the neighborhood kids race off to start hunting for little plastic eggs with a piece of candy inside. Macy found the "mother-load" this year!


We also had a great time playing some fun games with the best neighbors. Check out the concentration going on here.


The good times continued at Grandma and Grandpa McInturf's house. Allie is sporting a dress that my mom made for me in about 1980. It's only about 32 years old, but Allie was happy to wear it!


These kids get better at hunting for eggs each year. We're running out of hiding places.


My grandparents enjoy watching and photographing all the action. Love them!


Here's my honey looking a little bit like Larry Fitzgerald, but way more handsome!


Doesn't everyone celebrate Easter by trying to see who can get the stomp rocket to go the highest?!?!


The celebration continued over at Steve's parents' house. Macy sure enjoys her baby cousin, Brooklyn. And I think Brooklyn enjoys Macy too!

Here's the whole gang searching through their baskets to see what was inside all those eggs. Happy kids for sure, especially if we would stop taking pictures of them.

From these photographs of the fun, you might think that we may have missed the boat. Not true at all, it's just not possible to photograph what's going on in our minds or our hearts. Even the kids know that we were celebrating the resurrection of our Savior. We talked all about how Jesus died as the perfect sacrifice, giving us forgiveness of sins, and eternal life with Him. There's nothing greater. I can't even type these words without tears of thankfulness. God is good. Why He loved us, knowing full well that we have hearts that only want to live for ourselves, still baffles me completely, but I'm so glad He did. And we celebrate by having a great time with our family and friends. The kids even asked a couple times, "What do easter eggs have to do with Jesus rising from the dead?" And I don't know the answer to that question, but we all agreed that it's still fun to hunt for easter eggs. Happy Easter to each of you!

What do you do when you have 17 days of Spring Break?!?!

You spend lots of time playing with cousins.


You play a game of monopoly with your brother that lasts for days.


You play capture the flag with everything you've got.


You go swimming with your neighbors and you say it's not cold.


You start a whole new trend of playing kickball in the street.


You go up to your grandparent's cabin just in time for a big snow storm.


You do a play of Rapunzel with some of your favorite people in the whole wide world.


You build a snow fort with some help from your hero named Dad.


You take your dog for walks in the snow because she seems to love it out there.


You icicle battle with anyone who will take you on.


You start rolling snow into balls to make a couple awesome snowmen.


You catch a few marshmallows on fire before you learn the patience required to make the perfect s'more.

You ask your grandma if she has any carrots to use for the noses of your snowmen, and she gladly brings them out to you. And then you smile for a camera as your mom and dad attempt embed this great day into your memory forever.