Easter!

Easter is quickly becoming one of my very favorite holidays.

A celebration of the Resurrection and Atonement, life and renewal,

all tied together with fun family traditions!  What could be better?

I hope I still color eggs every year when I'm 80.  Awesome tradition.

Some of our creations this year

Layering dye with wax crayons

Made by wrapping wadded napkins around the egg and spooning the dye onto the napkin 

so it blends and soaks through in parts

Beeeauuutiful Spring day for a hunt!!

We always hide one egg that is empty, without any goodies inside.  It's the empty egg to symbolize the empty tomb, and when someone finds it, it's a celebration and they run over for a Happy Easter hug.

And then I always like the part where everyone devours their goodies.  Such focus.

For our Easter dinner this year we decided to have a meal of 

food that Jesus may have eaten in His time.

So we made unleavened bread, hummus, and herbed tilapia, and also had green olives and grapes,

Not only was it Delicious, it was neat because it had meaning.  Eating most of it with our hands really made us feel like we were in those days, and made us think about what Jesus' life was like.

We are totally doing this every year from now on. :)

Then we had something that Seth called "Easter Home Evening" 

where we took turns picking an Easter hymn or Primary song to sing together, 

and after singing each song, someone took a turn sharing something they know about the Savior.

It's been the best Easter ever.  :)