Happy Easter!!

The fam and I are exhausted today after what was a very fun Easter!! I just recently started playing keyboards for church services again. I wasn't able to go to rehearsal the day before so I was pretty nervous Easter morning. I know it's silly, but I am just NOT a performer. I love music, but I prefer to keep it to myself. It really takes a lot for me to perform for others. I just don't have a lot of confidence. HOWEVER; I do feel really good about being a faithful servant to the Lord in surrendering my own pride to help out. It hasn't been easy, but it has been surprisingly fun although scary!! Autumn tagged along with me for the early morning service because she did not want her dad to be in charge of doing her hair. :) So she opted to sit through the adult service and wait for her dad and brother to show for second service before going to Sunday School. lol. Heaven forbid her dad do her hair... :) Although we did make it look extra cute for Easter.
After church we went to my mom and dads house for Easter lunch and a Easter egg hunt for the grand kids. Props to my mom and dad for ALWAYS going out of their way to make each holiday a special time for my kids. They have always treated Autumn and Takoda the same as their "real" grand kids. I know that Autumn and Takoda always feel at home with them. My mom had put together cute little baskets for the kids, and then my dad hid Easter eggs full of CASH throughout the house!!! All the eggs had a dollar bill inside. There were a few gold eggs that were hid a bit harder then the others that were "jackpots." My sisters son Nick found the hardest hid egg, it had a $20 inside!! The other Gold eggs had either a $10 or a $5 in them. The kids are getting older now and appreciate the cash! (GameStop here we come!!)
It was so much fun watching the kids tear through the house in hopes of fortune. lol. As you can see from the above picture, our kids made out like bandits! Thanks Nana and Papa for all the thoughtfulness and love you put into each egg! My mom also made an adorable Easter cake for my older sister Amber (Easter fell on her birthday this year) Happy Birthday Amber!!

Weren't the kids so cute!! Forgive the candidness of these pics there was a lot of movement going on and it was hard to get them to stay still!!

The night before we colored 36 Easter eggs. It was a lot of work, but really fun!!

Just to wrap things up....I love Easter. It is really the foundation of our faith. That our God is so powerful, and so amazing. The resurrection of Christ was the sealing of the deal. He really was God! Not just a teacher, prophet, or friend. He said He would and He did. He is risen!! It is so assuring knowing that we have such an amazing God! But it's not just that, there is something about winter being over, and it being the start of spring. I just love the NW this time of year... Anyways to all my friends and family, Happy Easter from the Fitzgeralds!!!