Easter at the lake

While I love this first picture with all my heart, I feel it's slightly misleading to post it. For it makes Matt's three boys appear little angles as he reads to them the Easter Story from the Bible on Easter morning. This is possibly the third time in our family history where all three have been able to settle down and focus in at one time. So it's a miracle in and of itself that I was there with camera in hand, ready for the historic and blessed moment.

Matt is actually reading from Caleb's new "Action Bible" that he got in his Easter Basket only moments before. It's spectacularly illustrated and packed with thrilling Bible tales of courage and God's mighty power. And it's all done in comic book format! Which may be the reason all three boys came in for that morning's read about Jesus' resurrection.

Here is Matt and his beard. He was outside watching Caleb run around the porch collecting his Easter eggs. We had to divide the boys' baskets and give them each their own turn hunting for treats. Caleb is like a tornado and collects them all in only a few crazy moments. While my two blonds love to find one, open it, maybe eat it, maybe save it for later, and then move on to the next. But here's Matt, early this Resurrection Day!

Old decorative water-skis are a perfectly marvelous

hiding place for Easter Eggs!

The day before Easter we received a knock at the door. The boys ran to see who might be coming for a visit and found a special delivery from their Nana and Papa. Three GLORIOUS Easter Baskets chalked full of peeps and pez, chocolate bunnies, bubble gum, bubbles, play dough, markers, crayons, and coloring books! O, the joy!

This picture below is of Caleb's basket, torn open just enough to get to the chocolate! Beside it are the eggs we had dyed the night before. Oh, and don't miss the left over donut holes I served for breakfast, not knowing that this sweet, sugary surprise was on it's way!

Caleb's basket included a doodle pad, so after shoving a few pieces of candy in his 7 year old mouth, he set to work on this beauty.

This was Asher's first Easter really getting into all the fun. The eggs, the candy, the crafts, resurrection eggs and resurrection buns... we had at least one craft, baking project, and Easter story every day all week long. And he loved every moment of it.

Easter it my favorite day of the year and I have every hope that they will inherit a passion for this marvelous day as well. And not just for the chocolate bunnies! "He is risen, indeed!"