Easter Sunday

Easter morning is always a hurried one, getting out the door to church with food in hand for our church brunch, John getting there early to help set up for our outdoor service, and things needed for the afternoon when we hang out with friends.

This year was a blessing because it is the first year in as many that I can remember that John and I have both sat in the audience and enjoyed the Easter service.  We weren't singing or playing and we weren't with the littles in the nursery.

{What a joy to worship our Risen Savior}

But we did let Chase do a little basket hunting before church.  Here you can sort of see her goodies.  Some plastic jewelry, some M&M's, sticker earrings, hairbrush, and a handmade bunny rabbit made by yours truly!

I saw a mom on another blog that had made these for her kids, and thought, this would be a great year for that since Chase is so into animals and loveys and hoarding them.  Well, it flopped!  I have yet to see her hold it, other than the moment she saw it.

I think he is darling.  Sometimes she is slow to catch on to certain stuffed animals. So maybe one day!

Here she is on the hunt....

And here she is ready for church, eating breakfast, M&M's

In the afternoon, we went to our friend/Pastor's home.  It was a blessing to have someone to hang out with for the afternoon, in a very relaxed setting.  The weather was a weird one here for Easter.  Started out nice and cool and sunny, turned to cooler and cloudy, then outright cold and overcast and slightly drizzly!

Mama Nutting had another egg hunt for the littles.  They loved it.  More candy!  You can see what our diet this weekend consisted of!!

Again, we are so blessed by our "extended" family here in San Diego.  We *hardly* even knew we were missing the real deal!

{Fully blessed and thankful}