Celebrating Easter

Easter! 

"Low in the grave He lay, Jesus my Savior,
Waiting the coming day, Jesus my Lord!

Refrain

Up from the grave He arose,
With a mighty triumph o’er His foes,
He arose a victor from the dark domain,
And He lives forever, with His saints to reign.
He arose! He arose!
Hallelujah! Christ arose!

Vainly they watch His bed, Jesus my Savior;
Vainly they seal the dead, Jesus my Lord!

Refrain

Death cannot keep its prey, Jesus my Savior;
He tore the bars away, Jesus my Lord!

Refrain"

Easter: the most important weekend of remembrance/celebration in the Christian life!
Christmas seems to be celebrated more but Easter needs to be just as exulted!  Andy and I enjoyed teaching the kids about the real meaning of Easter this year as we did some extra fun printables mixed in with the regular school work. You can find them here, if interested for next year:)  We got out the watercolors and markers and had fun learning some new Bible texts. I also was thrilled to purchase the Why Easter? book to read thru at dinner time.  Seth and Tristan love the format of Bible reading, story, text learning and singing this book has. 
We also felt very to be part of such an active and caring body of communion of saints here in Taber.  Good Friday, after church, we were invited to have lunch and spend the afternoon at our friends, the VanderGaags place.  It was also Andy's birthday so we enjoyed sharing cupcakes too:)
Easter Sunday was a very celebrated day not only by attending church and worshiping our risen Lord but also with friends.  The Bareman family invited us over for their Easter dinner, which we very much appreciated and enjoyed immensely the fellowship of other believers. God is good, we are thankful.

The past few weeks were very busy for us and the kids, as we also had the fun of having our little friend Cohen over for 9 days!  He's a year younger then Tristan and the boys had a great time together, getting into all kinds of adventures. 
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Hunting is always a good way to pass time

There was a camp-out in the basement

Chicks arrived and these little men got to help!

Son Shine Bible Time at church also finished the second 10 week program, meaning it's done for another year! Since we were done early this spring the end of year program was held at the Civic Center in Taber.  Tristan was one of the graduates and very excited to be part of it all.

He received his very own Bible. 

Tristan and Callie loving the hotdogs:)