Easter Eggs?

Back in the day, when the kids were little it just seemed like too much to color Easter eggs.  Getting church clothes ready, Easter dinner and finding matching shoes for church was my limit.  So I cheated and  bought Reese's Peanut Butter Eggs and just started hiding them for fun.  The kids would be so thrilled finding them and ripping them open, and devouring the peanut butter chocolately goodness immediately!  So they continued to be our Easter eggs!

When at the store today in our last minute sprint for last minute things for Easter dinner, Ben asked if we had Easter eggs.  So as we're walking around the Easter aisles trying to find them, seeing all the other Easter necessities, I was sharing what other people do for Easter in coloring eggs.

He just couldn't wrap his mind around the fun and excitement of finding a hard boiled egg and eating it!

John 19:30  Jesus said, "It is finished!"

There is nothing I have done that could make Jesus love me less, and nothing I can do to make Him love me more!  Happy Easter!

Cincinnati Zoo

On Tuesday, we (all the kids) went to Megan and Elijah's house for 4 days, while Mom and Dad flew to Fort Lauderdale, FL for the Liberate 2013 conference at Coral Ridge Church. All us kids at Megan's had a blast!! We went to the Cincinnati zoo for a day, (it was about 50 degrees, not too bad, but cold enough)  :)

Here are some pictures....

 Here is all of us at the entrance... Matt, Ben (behind Lydia) Lydia, Megan, Emily, Robbie, Daniel and Joey.

 Daniel in Elijah's top hat

 This sea lion was really cool!

 The zoo had "pet" pigs walking around, they each had their own name, and "knew" it.

 This is a turtle, believe it or not. 

 Lydia

 A Manatee, it weighed 2,040 pounds

 Joey and the Manatee

 Ben

 This Emu sat there and "jawed" at us for a couple minutes. It was hilarious!! 

 They let a couple of the penguins out for a penguin parade! 

 This is at the Tiger "place." The tiger walked back and forth right in front of the glass. 

 Lydia 

This one looks like Megan is actually petting the tiger, so when we got home that night, I told Elijah (who had to work :(   ,   that Megan petted a tiger, and showed him the picture. He said to Megan "Was it soft?" (He didn't fall for it.)   :(

This bird I took about 10 pictures of before I finally got a good one. It has such amazing colors!!