Easter

He is Risen!  He is risen, indeed!  What a pivotal day in the Christian faith.  The day where Christ conquers death.  The day where He proves that love conquers all.  The day where we can see how much The Father loves His flock.  I know that in American culture that means that there is a magic bunny that somehow leaves chocolate eggs and sweets around, but doctrinally its so much more.

We are still in the stages on how we want to portray these holidays to our kids.  The fact is we live in America and that means we live in their culture too... and one could argue that you can live in the culture but not OF the culture.  I also want them to make the choice of what's important too.  So, as of right now we will most likely have them know and understand that's what people do, but the emphasis is definitely going to be on Christ (like everything should be).  But, we did get dressed up, go to my parents for Easter dinner and hang out.  :)  I like the family time.  I don't think that has anything to do with the Easter craze, but that is definitely something I want the kids to love and look forward too.... and Duder definitely does.

The best family picture we could get 

Baby Girl in her pretty girl dress

Duder being a boy in his shirt and tie

The kiddos together.

As we celebrate this joyous day, let it be a reminder of what He does for us daily.

JVG