Easter Fishing

Later on Easter Sunday we met up with the Dabbs family at Lake Michie (pronounced Mickey, get it right).

Teagan caught her very first fish!

The girls caught at least 2 fish each (I lost count) using their princess pole.

In fact, the princess pole was getting so much action that Joshua had to give it a try!

I caught the only bass of the day (small mouth). It was bigger than my arm! See?

Joshua found a turtle. I believe he is a baby river cooter. At first I thought he was a red belly, but he has a flat chin...and red bellies are more of a coastal turtle in NC.

Easter Morning

We all got up at the smack of dawn.

After divulging the contents of the family Easter basket, we headed out to Sunrise Service followed by breakfast with our friends from CUMC.

Easter Sunday

The kids are getting a little older now. They dyed their Easter eggs all by themselves. In fact they did almost everything but fill the basket, on their own this weekend. It was one of those happy/sad moments for this mom.



They aren't too old to look forward to our family Easter basket though!

Easter Treats

We do one basket for the family and a little something special at each place on the table.

Resurrection Rolls

EASTER RESURRECTION ROLLS Preheat oven to 350 degrees
1 pkg. Crescent rolls
Melted butter
Large marshmallows
CinnamonSugar

Give each child a triangle of crescent rolls.
The crescent roll represents the cloth that Jesus was wrapped in.

Give each child a marshmallow.
This represents Jesus and His purity.

Have the child dip the marshmallow in melted butter.
This represents the oils of embalming.

Then dip the buttered marshmallow in the cinnamon and sugar.
This represents the spices used to anoint the body.

Then wrap up the coated marshmallow TIGHTLY in the crescent roll (not like a typical crescent roll-upý.but bring the sides up & seal the marshmallow inside)
This represents the wrapping of Jesus' body after death.

Place in a 350 degree oven for 10-12 mins.
The oven represents the tomb. Pretend like it was three days!

When the rolls have cooled slightly, the children can open their rolls (cloth) and discover that Jesus is no longer there, HE IS RISEN! The marshmallow melts and the crescent roll is puffed up, but empty.

Easter Greetings from Nana

The kids recieved their Easter Package from Nana!

Poor Jeremiah though. He was running a 103deg fever and missed all the excitement.

Money?! COOL!!!

They are always surprised when the money falls into their laps.

Kelsea and Zerrick have to play it cool of course.

Believe me. They were thrilled.