Easter

We made it!
This was a big weekend for us!
Saturday was our big Egg Hunt/Egg Drop at River Hills. It was so much fun! Over 5000 eggs came cascading from the upper level of our atrium to center in front of the waterfall below. What I had not anticipated was the frenzy of children rushing to the bottom of our tube. I guess the good news was that for kids... frenzy = excitement. It certainly was exciting! We are already dreaming up ideas to make it even more exciting next year. We are already cookin' up a secret idea to make it great fun for the little guys under 3 years old (thanks Jane :) It was so much fun to see families having a great time together!

Of course, Easter Sunday is busy too. It was a full house at River Kids and from what I understand the auditorium was packed too! My favorite time of the whole morning was singing with kids! They sang their hearts out ~ I love it when they all participate, especially the older boys who are usually too cool for such things. Every song we sang told of the story of Christ death and resurrection. Sometimes music is better than any lesson. I don't like to pressure children in taking communion until they understand it. So often kids like to do it for the novelty of it or because they think it is a snack. So... I set up a little table so that parents could take communion together. It is such a beautiful sight to see families taking communion together. It's very nice for our family. It such a crazy morning it's nice to stop after everyone leaves and remember why we are there in the first place.

After church!!!!
Ponchot family dinner. Yes! Mom fixed a delicious dinner for all of us. So nice to crash after such a busy morning. Extra nice for her to do that after having such a busy morning herself. We have the best mom! Speaking of moms... My daughter-in-laws tummy is growing beautifully! Malachi is going to be a big boy.
I hope everyone had as nice of an Easter as I did! Here are the tradition Easter door and step pictures of Hope and Micah.