I hope everyone had a fantastic Easter this year! The weather here was PERFECT, we couldn't have asked for anything better! We ended up going to church on Sat. night to avoid the crazy crowd at the 10am on Sunday, and it was just amazing. I think we were the only church in Lexington (and maybe anywhere?) that began our service with "Footloose"...:) Jon spent a large part of his message speaking about the symbolism of the Passover and what it meant when Jesus took the "afikomen"--the piece of bread that is traditionally hidden at the Passover meal which symbolized the Messiah-and broke it, symbolizing that HE is the Messiah and that His body would be broken...and how amazing that His body didn't STAY broken, but that He was raised from the dead, so we can have eternal life with Him forever and ever. As one of my Facebook friends put it: Then bursting forth in glorious Day, Up from the grave He rose again, And as He stands in victory, Sin’s curse has lost its grip on me, For I am His and He is mine, Bought with the precious blood of Christ Caleb is obviously still too young to "get" this, but I am really looking forward to teaching him the Easter story when he is old enough.
Sunday morning we got up and Caleb got to see what the Easter bunny left him...a basket of goodies! A Veggie Tales DVD, a Hermie and Friends DVD, a couple Easter books, and a new "big boy" Bible. We went to the early service at church to help out in the nursery, and then came home, Caleb napped, and then we were off to the baptisms in the pond. Over 150 people were baptized!!! Amazing!! We came home, dyed eggs (not the most fun with a 20 month old, FYI...), cooked out, and enjoyed the evening, since Bryan got called off of work. A perfect day!
Mommy's little Easter Bunny
Checking out his new "big boy" Bible
This is Caleb dumping out his Easter basket in reckless abandon. I love this pic because it is SO him!
In his new Easter outfit, before church
Mommy trying to get him to pose with his basket under the pretty tree in our front yard
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looks like a blast!
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