Isaac and Kyle

We started off celebrating Easter with a Saturday night dinner at Sam and Lee's house. Sam's mom, Linda, cooked many yummy appetizers, a beautiful golden turkey and amazing shrimp. The rest of the guests added the side dishes. It was delicious.

Kyle's favorite part of the night was once all of the other guests had left and Sam and Lee's son, Carter, was stalling going to bed. I asked him who's special day is Easter for? Carter replied, "Jesus died...on a tree!...we went in the tomb...and he walked out!...like the marshmallow!" To me, this was the sweetest description of Christ's love for us, I was wiping away the tears as he became more animated and passionate about Jesus' ressurection. And Carter is right, Jesus is like a marshmallow...Carter made resurrection rolls the day before. Resurrection rolls are marshmallows wrapped in crescent rolls and when they are baked, the marshmallow disappears...just the way Jesus disappeared from the tomb. I asked Isaac when we got home that night why is it that a 2 1/2 year-old can understand the gospel when so many adults never get it? I think adults complicate the gospel...it is a pretty simple truth.

IIsaac on the drums, Sam on the bass guitar, Josh on the guiter and Jason singing while playing Rock Band.

Erica, Sam, and Katie.


After church on Sunday, we were invited to join the Green family for Easter lunch. Mrs. Beth had an awesome Alabama-style spread ready for us. It was fabulous! It was so nice of their family to open their home to us on Easter.
Brandon & Rebecca, Kyle, Tina, Isaac, Taylor making Easter eggs while Mrs. Beth hid the plastic eggs outside for us to find.

Kyle and Isaac posing with their eggs.

Brandon, Isaac, and Taylor counting their eggs...Isaac won the grand-prize!