easter 2016

Easter felt so different this year because Susie and Jesse were still at the hospital, obviously, over the holiday, and with both my brothers being out of town, we were a small crowd. We definitely had a fun time, nonetheless. For three years now, we've developed a tradition of eating brunch at a local restaurant after the Easter church service. The girls love the Easter bunny who walks around to visit the kids at the tables.

Family picture time! My dad had to take about twenty different shots because it was bright out, and we were all squinting or shutting our eyes, or the girls were looking down. And then there is my refusal to smile with my mouth open because of my hideous braces. Well, we got a few that just about pass muster.

My dad took this while he was waiting outside for us to arrive to brunch.

After lunch, I drove over by myself to the hospital to visit Susie, Jesse, and Jack with my parents. When I went back home, Brett hid the Easter eggs for the girls, and I kept them inside. They kept wanting to peek outside to see where he was hiding them. Ha! They loved looking for eggs, and Stella even gave Grace an egg now and then, or helped her find them.

We are so thankful beyond words for Christ and what he did for us on the cross, and that he has defeated death and made a way for us to be right with God in spite of our sin. Hallelujah, he is alive, and we will see him someday in heaven.