our Easter celebrations

Our Easter weekend was very busy and of course, very fun! Friday we spent the day with Rhett's grandparents on both sides. The kids hunted Easter eggs and we had a big delicious meal. The kids had fun playing with their cousins. Claire pranced around with her Easter basket all day and did not want to stop hunting eggs. She loved it! Towards the end of the hunt her basket was pretty heavy, but she was determined to carry it on her arm like a purse...too cute!


Rhett and I spent most of Saturday preparing our house and food for our guests the next day. That night we had a birthday party for my nephew who was in town from Kerrville.

Sunday morning most of my family came to church with Rhett, the kids, and I and watched as Rhett and I were baptized. We are now officially members of our church! It was a pretty special moment. Rhett was already in the water waiting for me, helped me down the stairs, then helped our pastor as he put me under water. Then Rhett was baptized himself. It was a really neat experience, especially since we did it together. After that my family came back out to our house and we had lunch, another Easter egg hunt, then took some pictures. I was hoping for some outdoor shots, but the wind just didn't allow. Our egg hunt was rushed after discovering that Cooper was opening all of the eggs and eating the candy while we were getting the kids ready. Crazy dog!

I felt really proud when it was all over that we had also spent a lot of time teaching Truett about the true meaning of Easter. He also learned a lot about it during Thursday school and Mission Friends. By Sunday, he could already recite basically the entire story of the resurrection.