Easter Sunday Morning

Since we were out late the night before Easter, we were hoping that the kids would sleep in a little.  But while we were putting them to bed, Molly was literally vibrating with excitement.  That wasn't a good sign.  So, while we were getting their teeth brushed, Steve snuck into her room and put her clock a half hour ahead.  She knows she can't come out of her room until her clock says 6:00 a.m., and sure enough when her clock said 6:00 (and ours said 6:30... LOL) she got out of bed and woke us up!  According to her, she had been up since 5:20.  Good thing Daddy fixed her clock!

The favorite spoils from the Easter bunny were the Nerf dart guns that they all got.  In fact, we broke out into a full out, giggling, chasing war at one point.  Garrett loves shooting at targets.  Molly likes shooting Garrett.  And Paige likes laughing at them.

After the twins had a chance to wake up and check out their baskets, they all moved to the living room to hunt for Easter eggs.  Here's Paige pointing out the yellow egg on top of our wedding photo!

It didn't take long for the kids to find all the eggs and get completely sugared up.  What parent invented this tradition anyway? 

After a high protein breakfast (to counteract all that sugar), we got everyone ready and went to church.  I got to play/sing with the band, which was a pretty awesome thing to get to for Easter.  But, that meant poor Steve had to deal with the sugared-up kiddos.

Here's all the kids enjoying their Easter message.  As you may notice, Garrett is still flying pretty high at this point, and is more interested in performing than listening.

After church they held the annual egg hunt... which would be the FOURTH egg hunt of the weekend for our kids.  By this point, they knew what to do and quickly lined up and were ready to roll

Molly was quick out of the gate, which was REALLY surprising because she is usually so timid and shy, especially in large groups.  It must have been the sugar...

Garrett and Paige however were a little more selective, with Paige hunting down the pink and purple eggs and Garrett preferring the green and blue eggs.

All in all, it was such a fabulous morning at church.  It was so wonderful to hear from the mouths of our children that they understand what Easter is truly about... that Jesus died and rose again!  In fact, Molly even said to me "Mom, Good Friday isn't "good" because Jesus died... it's "good" because He died for US!"