Easter 2023 & Traditions

 Dear Kids, 

Last week was Easter. Oh my goodness it was so beautiful! 

We were told in Conference from President Nelson that Easter is the MOST important holiday for us as disciples of Jesus Christ. Your dad and I have done several thing in order to hopefully help you all know how much we love Jesus.

Some of our Easter traditions are:

-Talking about the events of Jesus's life the week before He was crucified. Each day we hang up a picture and read the scriptures that go along with that day.

-Easter Morning get up and watch the sunrise while having "Resurrection Donuts"! This year the sunrise was so beautiful! I just couldn't believe it. This picture shows just a little bit of what this really looked like. The kids were grumbling as they got out of bed, but once we got up on the mountain they were all so happy that we did it! Elijah was funny, he kept waiting for the sun to come up over the mountain and finally just blurted out, "Come on sun! Just pop out already!". 

-While waiting for the sun to rise we read scriptures from the different accounts in the Bible about Jesus's Resurrection - then we sang "I Stand All Amazed". The spirit was awesome. 

-Of course Easter Sunday was wonderful with testimonies of Jesus for the talks. 

-Every year we do a Jesus Treasure Scavengar Hunt for their baskets. Your dad is amazing at putting together treasure hunts. His clues are always awesome. They always have Jesus in them and the story of Jesus and feelings about Jesus in the clues. 

-Then of course we love having Easter Dinner with Ham and Funeral potatoes. :-)

-Easter Egg hunt is on the list - it's full of lots of sugar, but you guys always really love it. 

I feel like in the future I really want our Easter traditions to expand. This year we were with the Wanlass family for part of the Easter week and they did a Passover Dinner on the floor. I REALLY loved that and I want to include that in our traditions. Finding the ways to honor the Jewish experience is on the list of things that I want to include for sure. 

The other thing is MUSIC. We need more music at Easter Time! Next year we need to find ways to include "Lamb of God" into our traditions. 

I love you kids. 

I hope you know that Jesus is the most important person to your dad and I. We love Him. We love to celebrate HIM. 

Love you, 

Your Mom