Goin on a treasure - er, egg hunt

I know I am a day early but we had a little egg hunt for Michael in our backyard today - wow! that sounds so nice to say 'our backyard'. We didn't tell him it was the Easter bunny, we just told him he could do an egg hunt. I'm not sure if he remembered from last year or not because he was excited about it but then we had to explain it a little. He had so much fun and Shawn loved hiding the eggs and watching him 'hunt'. Funny that they call it a hunt, it's more of a search - you never (at least I never) see little kids going out with bow & arrow or guns (water, potato, beebee - whatever) and hoping for a big 'kill'. Although that would be a fun twist to the whole thing. I'm also not sure how a big bunny & eggs got brought into this whole Easter thing anyway. I heard from someone, probably my gramma who just knows stuff like this, that the eggs represent new life (resurrection, new life in Christ) but how the bunny & hiding the eggs started - who knows. I do know that I am thankful for the resurrection of and new life in Christ, that he gave his life so that whosoever believes will be saved & have everlasting life. I am thankful that my mom received that before her passing so that one day I will be reunited with her. Tomorrow we will all get dressed up for church (not a normal thing for us) and celebrate that resurrection. We don't have to dress up but it's a good photo op so why not? I hope you all enjoy the day and take time to remember the sacrifice that was made for us all, not one is exempt from need of His saving grace. Here are some photos from today's activities.