We had a beautiful Easter celebration with a wonderful circle of friends at home at our annual Easter potluck. Although, not everyone was able to attend, we had a great crowd of 19 adults, 10 kids, 6 tweenies/teenagers! The kids had a great time playing and hunting for eggs. The "older" kids were hysterical doing a three-legged egg hunt. When I took this group photo of the kids I said "say Easter", and then asked "What's the best thing about Easter?" While the little ones said Easter bunny, Patrick exclaimed " JESUS!" ..which pretty much sums the reason for the season. It is also on the last page of his favorite Easter book.
"Oh yes! I like easter eggs, and I like Easter candy and I like soft furry bunnies and fuzzy baby ducks, and I like getting all dressed up and being together on Easter Sunday. BUT...the BEST thing about Easter is Jesus! "
"This is what Love is: God loves us and sent His Son." 1 John 4:10
The boys look so happy and fresh here because I didn't have to wake them up early for Easter service. We would have had to be in church at 7:00 to get a seat for 8:30 mass. But we did attend the Easter Vigil last night ( ohh...which lasted 1 hour 45 minutes) . They loved going inside the dark church, each carrying a candle. I too loved that part of the vigil. Patrick was really into it that he sang along during the litany that KC led with the choir. I did wake up at 4:30 am to finish cleaning the kitchen and preparing the ham. I saw parts of the Easter service at St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on TV. It was raining in Rome...pretty symbolic.
EASTER CELEBRATION SLIDESHOW
Turn off Dolan Island Tunes by clicking the pause button on right column
Then CLICK on the bunny below!
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1 comment:
Loved the Easter slideshow and hooray my bunny cake made the first slot :) Love, Jenni
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