March 31, 2013

  • Our home teachers came over last Sunday and we had a good visit.  We colored Easter eggs for Family Home Evening, albeit a couple of days later than FHE.  On Wednesday, I finally had a "ME" day during Emma's playgroup and it was nice and relaxing.  :)   Emma thinks anytime she gets dressed she's going to playgroup and gets super upset when it's only the store or another place.  It's tough being three.  I've been reading, "The Neatest Little Guide to Stock Market Investing" by Jason Kelly and it's been really informative.

    Wednesday afternoon, I went to hear Cameron's orchestra perform at their UIL concert.  They did a great job and received straight Ones.  On Thursday, the missionaries came over for dinner and then Mike went to Stake PEC.  He's been having to go to a lot more Stake meetings lately.  On Friday, the kids didn't have school.  We cleaned for a little bit and then Cameron's friend came over so they could do some Scout stuff.  We all watched Big Miracle... which had some language I didn't care for.  On Saturday, we mostly did yardwork, cleaning, and organizing.  We had some friends come over for dinner and the kids all enjoyed playing together.  Today was Fast Sunday for us, which I originally thought was weird, but it turned out to be a wonderful meeting with many really good testimonies about the Savior and the atonement.  Afterwards, we went over to Grandma's and talked with her, Jim, Carol, Kathy, and George for a little bit.  We'll be having our own Easter dinner as soon as the mashed potatoes are ready.  :)

    Someone in church today shared something I thought was neat.  She said she feels like it's easier to teach her kids about the true meaning of Christmas because it's easier to tie in Santa Claus (who gives) and Christ.  Also, people traditionally act out the nativity and sing hymns, etc.  But she has always struggled to tie in the Easter Bunny to Christ... of course.  So, when they have their family Easter egg hunt each year, there is one egg that when found only has a single, small, white cloth in it and nothing else.  She said this egg represents the tomb and the white linen that was found when Christ had been resurrected.  Whoever finds the egg gets a $25 budget to buy whatever they think will help the family draw closer to Christ, whether a book, making cookies for neighbors, etc.  She says her kids get more excited about finding this one egg than all of the candy eggs because then they get to plan out what the family gets to do.  Anyway, I thought it was a neat idea.

Comments (3)

  • That's a neat idea with the egg. Most secular Easter and Christmas traditions derive from the same source, but I guess the kids will have to be a bit older before I explain that the Catholic church merged traditions from pagan holidays into their celebrations of Christian holidays to pacify the pagan converts. lol

  • Excellent idea. I've heard similar, but I really like that one. Love you.

  • A few years ago we had fast Sunday on Easter and it got to the point that I was really bothered by it.  I was expecting the traditional musical pieces and talks on the atonement and so forth.  When the bishop got up to bear his testimony, he said that he recieved specific inspiration that fast Sunday would be on Easter.  I remeber changing my perspective very quickly realizing it was nice to have a bishop be so in tune with the Lord to get inspiration and revelation for what was best for our ward. 

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