Easter

Okay, so I know that this is late, but we had a fun Easter and I have some fun pictures to share. I hope that you all had a wonderful Easter as well. The kids had way to much candy due to the the plethora of Easter egg hunts. There was about six: Riley's hunt at school; a hunt at a birthday party; two at my house (one with friends and one with just the kids Easter morning); and one at the park that Walla Walla sponsored. As you could see by Sunday I was candied out and ready to focus on what Easter really means.
How grateful I am for my Savior. I am differently not perfect and I know that if it wasn't for Jesus Christ I would be in a sorry state. I am just grateful for the time to really appreciate his sacrifice for all of us. This Easter I have had some situations to help me think more on my Savior.
Riley goes to preschool at a Christian school. Well at Easter time they sent home a cross filled with colorful sand. Riley and Abbie proceeded to argue over whose cross it was. Terry and I had the opportunity to sit down with the kids and explain why we don't worship the cross. That, yes the crucifixion was important but, Christ's atonement and resurrection are what we need to focus on. Christ lives, he was resurrected and because of this we can all live again. I think Riley understood parts of it, and I know we will need to continue teaching him about the Resurrection to further that understanding. Abbie on the other hand proceeded to play with the cross.
The other thing that happened was some missionaries from another religion showed up at my house. I always try to be as polite as I can to missionaries from other churches because I would want the same curtsy shown toward our missionaries. However, the day they showed up had been a stressful day. They showed up during nap time and rung the doorbell. Not to mention at this time I am trying to keep the other kids quiet so they don't wake up the baby. It was a mad house. I ended up being a little rude, especially when the gentlemen sprung a question on me. I don't like being put on the spot. I just don't function well, plus being stressed out at the time. Anyways, he asked, "Have you ever thought about what the name Christ means." I am ashamed to say that at the time I drew a blank. I could tell you about Jesus and what he means to me, but I couldn't tell you what his name meant. Due to this I have taken the opportunity to study more about Jesus and I can now tell you what Christ's name means. Which I will not say, so that if you are like me and can't don't know, you will have to go find out for yourself.
Well I think that is enough rambling. Most of you probably just want to see the pictures so here you go. There is also some videos of Riley singing during his Easter program at school. You will notice that he can not hold still. I think that is why his teacher always puts him on the end. Enjoy!