Happy Easter!

I remember thinking at the beginning of the quarantine, "there's no way this will last until Easter, Easter can't be canceled." Well, I did last well through Easter and even though it wasn't canceled, it definitely was different. There were no Easter egg hunts at churches, no Good Friday or Sunday morning church service, and no brunches after church.  Things may have looked different but we worshipped in the same way. We celebrated our Risen Savior in the same way. Thankful that though things around us are different, our Savior remains the same and that is why He can be trusted and hoped in.

Our Easter season started by "egging" some friends. After I had permission from their families- we packed up Easter goodies, wiped down our eggs, and hid them in our friends' yards with gloves on.  We left eggs for them to hunt. It was so much fun for us and we hope it was fun for them, too!

Heading out to go egg our friends

Hiding eggs at our friend's house

The night before Easter we stayed up really late and had our traditional Glow-In-the-Dark egg hunt. Its so much fun to hunt for glowing eggs in a dark house!

Our glowing eggs! (I'm not sure why Jack is crying, this is the only picture I got)

Easter morning was doubly exciting for us because it marked the end of Abram's six week liquid diet. He was so happy to wake up and eat candy from his basket and enjoy his favorite meal of the day (breakfast) with all of his requests (sausage, bacon, fried eggs). 

Such big smiles because he can eat!!

Yummy! We were sure to pack it with his favorites!

Since we are home all day and every day, we have been spending a lot of time doing crafts. So for Easter, we had a fun time finding new ways to color eggs with things we have around the house.  First, we colored craft eggs in a salad spinner. I think this was our favorite. We loved how they turned out! 

Using the salad spinner to color our eggs

Look at those colors!

We also used colored whipped cream to color hard boiled eggs (we used whipped cream instead of shaving cream so we could eat them later). We loved the bright colors and learned that certain colors dye better than others. 

Covering the eggs in whipped cream

We also learned a new technique of painting this year... marbling. We just used shaving cream and food coloring. We loved to see how each one turned out different depending on the colors we chose and the patterns we made in the shaving cream. 

Making designs in shaving cream

These were beautiful! 

And finally we used baby wipes colored by markers and rubber cement to make fun eggs. The colors and designs were amazing and so fun to reveal at the end. 

Coloring our baby wipes

Eggs covered in rubber cement

These were so fun! 

A new tradition we started last year, and looked forward to this year was making our Peeps S'mores. Such an easy, but delicious recipe that we all enjoy eating together!

SO delicious! Peeps, chocolate chips and graham crackers

Chris' favorite Easter meal involves a ham and angeled (deviled) eggs, so we enjoyed his meal along with smashed potatoes and corn on the cob.  The boys even made it extra special for me by dressing up in their fancy clothes.  After our meal we took family pictures on our front porch.  It was such a fun day, and no one minded the change.  We just loved being together and celebrating our Savior and His love for us!

Our Easter dinner

I love my boys!

Mama's boys

I love them so!