After the egg hunt Mr. C gave a devotional lesson using Resurrection Eggs. It was a great way to intertwine the Easter story into our activity. The adults enjoyed discovering what was inside the Resurrection Eggs just as much as the children did.
I was up with the birds on Easter morning preparing a feast for the family. Although I thought that I planned everything out, I discovered at the last minute that I did not have a pie crust in the freezer. So, I had to whip up a crust from scratch in the middle of dressing four kids for church. Lots of fun.
We were blessed with quite a crowd for our morning service. Several of our folks had family in town for the day, and we had some local first-time visitors as well. People seem to come out of the woodwork on Easter. I've got a batch of
cream cheese cookies in the oven right now for Mr. C to deliver to our visitors. Our choir presented an arrangement of Resurrection songs, and my husband preached a wonderful message.
I took a delightful nap on Sunday afternoon after we enjoyed our lunch and got the kitchen all cleaned up. Pure bliss!
Last night Mr. C preached another great message expounding on the morning's text. We had a couple of visitors in the evening service, too. I think we were the only church in town that had an evening service, which is really sad. I was glad that one of my online friends and her son were able to join us as well. She is in town caring for her ailing mother-in-law. Hopefully we'll be able to grab lunch together one day this week.
This week I plan on finishing up my spring cleaning and boxing up the rest of the kids' winter clothes. I am a real soldier in the clothing war; I have too many boxes of hand-me-downs stored in the attic. I also want to finish up my curriculum list for next school year. I have several items that need to be ordered soon, and I need to take an inventory of our school books and supplies as well.
I'm not sure if I'll be posting much this week, so I thought I'd leave you with a few pictures of some of the springtime decor around our house. Have a wonderful week!
our front door
