Weekend Recap- Easter Version

Friday:

Good Friday

Jesus died for us, but thankfully three days earlier he rose. 

We left home around 12:30 and we drove to my aunt's house which is about two hours away.. 

we stopped at the hospital to see this little guy 

Jaxon Wesley was born April 17- his mom and I grew up together, I spent the afternoon there with them while hubby and Brooke went off exploring.  

Then we went to the Keg for dinner, hubby keeps saying he wanted to take us so tonight we went and oh my Land, it was incredible... I ate my first steak, I am not a steak person but this was divine. 

This dessert was called "Billy Miner Pie" ~ Amazing!

We got to my aunts around 7 pm

played with my cousin's baby boys, we had so much. 

saturday:

we decided we did not want the normal Easter dinner, so we decided this year we would have the first BBQ of the season- my aunt went all out.. there were all kinds of salads, steak, hot dogs, more salads, it was soooo absolutely amazing. 

I made this 

 I will share the recipe if anyone would like it. Such a nice hot summer evening recipe. 

We came home around 4 pm

is it weird that I love to hold my hubby's hand while we drive, we chat or just sit there, listen to music or the radio but I love the closeness of being in the car with my loves. 

sunday:

I Love Easter so much, it is my fav time of the year- new birth, new life and a new hope. 

We went to church this morning, we had a lot of visitors.. here are some pictures from today 

My Mom gave Brooke this Easter tree last year and it was the perfect centre piece for the day. 

After the Easter 'bunny' came- she got practical things this year, she is getting to old for fun easter presents like bubbles, sidewalk chalk etc, so this year she got:

*Clothes

*Notebook

*sketch book

*hair bows- we love our hair bows

*chocolate 

*M &M's

and there were a couple of other things but i can't remember and i don't want to walk down stairs 

We had 28 deer in our front yard today, here you can see 3.. I really like them being around

I went to service tonight and also had to serve in the Cafe, it was nice to work with some lovely ladies

My Girlie 

This Lady is my "other" mother- she is always just a text or a phone call away, she has taken me under her wing and I love her so much. 

My Girl and I- Easter is also the day we first bring out the white shoes, skirts  etc. 

Our Pastor sang a beautiful song this morning

Here is the link 

Tomorrow is a holiday as well and we have plans with a girl friend. 

How was your weekend

The real meaning

Easter:

What does it mean to you?
Are you one of those people who only goes to church for Easter or Christmas?

When i think about Easter, i get very emotional because i think about what Jesus went thru for us..

He didn't hesitate, he hung on the cross, he was in so much pain- yet he didn't get him self down because if he wanted to he could have stopped this, he didn't HAVE to die for me, he died because he loved me as a sinner, now he loves me still as a christian.

Isaiah 53:5 

But he was wounded for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his stripes we are healed.

Then i think about Mary his mother-

as a mother myself, i cannot imagine watching your only child hanging there being mocked and criticized, the feeling she must have had to watch him hang there, with each passing second he was closer to dying, the blood ran out of his body, he had nails in his hands and feet, a crown of thorns on his head( i cannot imagine how that must have felt, i have had a splinter in my finger before and that hurt alot but nothing like thorns would feel- yet he did that for ME...

Then i think about how he did it for me-

HE was without sin, yet he went thru this pain and torture because he loved me, no one else loved me or could ever love me the way Jesus does.  NO one could love me like he does, any other human being cannot love me as much as he does. His love spans the world, he loves us all.

He loves the sinner, he loves the murderer, he loves the thief, he loves the kid who disobeys, he loves the reject, he loves the atheist, there is not one person in the world who he don't love.  AT times you may feel that he don't love you anymore, he always loves you, his love isn't based on the mood he is in today or what the weather is like, he LOVES us all so much, there is no way i can say how much he loves us. 

Easter is becoming to commercialized - like everything else, it is now a day to decorate ( not that there is anything wrong), but like Christmas we see how much money we can spend and if we can give more to our kids then what the neighbours kids has.  It isn't about spending money, it is about his death, burial and Resurrection. 

I will buy Easter treats for Brooke and i will likely hide the eggs for her to find but

but i will also take her to church on sunday, she knows how he died for us, but she also knows how he rose again. 

Hope you have a great easter 

Mark 16:2-6

And he said to them, “Do not be alarmed. You seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has risen; he is not here. See the place where they laid him.


check out this song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=li8aiGtNyZo&feature=player_embedded

Tell me your Easter Traditions.