Easter

Easter is a time in which we celebrate the resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. This year I was involved in a production at our new church for Easter. It was a story that followed the two thieves that hung on the cross next to Jesus. Jeff, because he is a wonderful husband, came to see me play my french horn both nights the play was performed. The actual weekend of Easter we spent time with my family. We have many traditions that are still continued even though we are all adults now! For a long time the excuse was that Anna was so much younger and should get to experience these things just as long as the other of us did. Now it's a fun way to celebrate Easter with the family.

First we dyed eggs:

This was Wil's first time dying eggs!

Anna just had her wisdom teeth out, so she was a little under the weather.

Here are our finished eggs. As you can see we had an underwater egg, a polka-dotted egg, and some multi-colored eggs.

On the actual day of Easter we always take family pictures. Here are the three sisters:

The Lears:

The Warren's:

The Hester's:

The Riegel's:

Dad and Anna:

The original Riegel clan:

The whole family:

Another one of our traditions is Easter Egg hunting. Yes- we are all adults. And yes- The Easter Bunny still visits us! The only rule is that you are not allowed to steal eggs out of another person's basket. Other than that almost anything is allowed. You can use your imagination for what actually happens during the Egg hunting. Here we are getting reading for the hunt:

Some intense 'hunting':

This is all fun and games, but the real reason behind all of this is the wonderful gift that Christ gave to each of us. He willingly sacrificed His life, was buried, raised from the dead, and ascended into heaven. Thank you Lord for such a precious gift!