Easter 2013

I love how teachable our kids are at this age. Hailey loves reading bible stories, but Eli is actually learning them and retelling them back to us! That made this Easter so special for Marc and me as we were able to enjoy time with the kids reading through their children's bible and teaching them all about Jesus' life and death. I am amazed by the depth at which Eli was comprehending it all. (Lately, we have enjoyed reading The Jesus Storybook Bible and Family Time Bible with the kids. We took a break from The New Children's Bible because it was a little too much for our kids' attention spans and had few pictures.)

This Easter was quite different for us from our Easter last year. Last year, for a week leading up to Easter, we had a sheep bleating in a pen in our front yard (which ended up being slaughtered for Easter dinner) and we were sweating in the hot temperatures of Galmi, Niger while we were serving at a missions hospital there. We think about our time there often and are so glad to have many pictures to look back on!

FLASHBACK to Easter in Niger 2012

This picture cracks me up! Marc said it reminds him of the picture of the farmer and his wife with the pitch fork. You know the one, right???

Eli finding an egg in front of the (ahem) empty sheep pen. :)

Hailey has changed so much over the past year.

 Easter dinner with all our Galmi friends

Now to Easter 2013...

Marc's mom color-coordinated eggs and buckets so that all the grandchildren got the same amount during their egg hunt. It worked out really well and Eli was a sweet brother to help Hailey find all of her purple eggs. It was a very windy day!

 Digging into the treasures :)

 I hope that your Easter was a blessed time with family and friends and that you enjoyed reflecting on who Jesus is and all that He has done for each of us.