Happy Easter everyone! Today has been a really fun holiday for our family. We started the day by sleeping in (Timmy crawled in bed with us around 0700 and graced us with an extra hour of sleep). When we woke up, Timmy was excited to find that the Easter bunny had visited the house! He gathered eggs all the way to his Easter basket, which consisted of cars, eggs and candy. He was thrilled! Tim blessed us with his pancake-oriented culinary skills and then we were off to church. For Easter, Timmy wore a summer pin-striped suit with a peach tie. He impressed all the little ladies in his nursery class!
"I don't want to go to church!"
Getting through the Easter sermon was a little bit of an unexpected challenge for me this morning. Despite the festive mood that we created with our morning Easter egg hunt, I couldn't help but look back at Easter last year. I imagine that Easter will always remind me of Emma Grace. Last year we tried to push back the tears and celebrate Easter, despite being in the middle of planning a funeral for Emma. Sitting in church reminded me a lot of last Easter. I am pretty sure I am the only nerd in church that got misty-eyed during the second verse of "Because He Lives." The verse references the fact that holding a newborn baby is one of the greatest joys in the human experience, but implies that the joy is nothing compared to entering Heaven. I like to think that the joy that Tim and I sacrificed in holding Emma was traded for the joy that she experienced upon entering Heaven. Hence, the tears.
We got through the sermon and then got a great Easter Brunch at the conference center on Fort Riley. This was a special treat because Timmy got to play outside for a while after lunch. He jumped in a bouncy house and greeted some friends at the Easter egg hunt. (Well, he more or less sat in the bouncy house and let all the other kids bounce him, and we missed the Easter egg hunt in favor of an afternoon nap). We came home, napped and did another Easter egg hunt in front of the house. What a fun day!
4 comments:
Funny you mentioned "Because He Lives". We sang it today too at church and it was the first time I had really listened and "heard" the lyrics. I can see why you would be misty eyed. They really knew how to write songs back in the day! Thinking of you guys!
Heather
We are thinking of you all....and will have to listen to the lyrics of that Hymn now too. We miss you all.
Love,
The Bender Bunch
We are thinking of you all....and will have to listen to the lyrics of that Hymn now too. We miss you all.
Love,
The Bender Bunch
What a great looking family! Thanks for sharing your Easter photos! Thinking of you guys, especially this time of year.
xo
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