Easter's Here

Well, today we celebrate the resurrection of our Lord, Jesus Christ. We attended the early service so we could sing the traditional Easter hymns. Now listen to this. We arrived at 8:32 for an 8:30 service, and missed Christ Arose. That's my favorite. Next year, I will try to arrive at 8:28. Then, at the end of the sermon, they had a reenactment of the women and Apostles arriving at an empty grave. Kathie noted that in Heaven, her parents and Neen are celebrating with Jesus Himself. Needless to say, we both had tears in our eyes. It brought to mind the song Keith quoted at Neen's graveside, Finally Home.

When engulfed by the terror
Of tempestuous sea
Unknown waves before you roll
At the end of doubt and peril is eternity
Though fear and conflict seize your soul

But just think of stepping on shore
And finding it heaven
Of touching a hand and finding it God's
Of breathing new air and finding it celestial
Of waking up in glory and finding it home

When surrounded by the blackness
Of the darkest night
O how lonely death can be
At the end of this long tunnel
Is a shining light
For death is swallowed up in victory

But just think of stepping on shore
And finding it heaven
Of touching a hand and finding it God's
Of breathing new air and finding it celestial
Of waking up in glory and finding it home


By the way, Dad is feeling better today. He finally found a medicine to ease the nausea.

OK, let's move on to less emotional topics.

Aw, come on. I know we are in tight times, but at least get the baby some shoes she doesn't have to grow into.

Now, the annual ritual of stinking up a house so we can dye hard-boiled eggs for the youngsters. You can see Bella helping us with Kendall looking on.

We had plastic eggs with candy in them as well as the hard-boiled variety. So, we had an in-the-house Easter egg hunt with Bella and whoever was available. It started off with Kyle hiding them and Bella searching. Then he started hiding them by putting all of them on a single stool and telling her to go find them. It was obviously time to have someone else play with her. Lyndsay hid them by placing one on each adult's head. Yes, Isabella was able to find them. After others played, Bella took matters into her own hand. She started hiding them and having one of us search. We had to hide our eyes, then she would come get us and lead us to each one. It was cute.