Easter Weekend

The girls have been begging Joel to take them fishing recently, so with the absolutely gorgeous weather yesterday he took them. Zora had the time of her life and wanted to stay all day. Lily thought it was great for about 30 minutes and then she was done.

Zora was completely into it - catching the fish, holding the fish - the whole experience.

Lily was more excited that her fishing pole had Nemo on it and that Daddy let her take some of the pictures.

Today, of course, we celebrated the real reason for Easter at church. We sported our nice, spring-like clothes with our coats on top because it was gray, rainy, and COLD!

After our morning service we went to Poppy Joe's house for some really yummy food, a brief (and chilly) egg hunt, some crafts and even a visit with a real bunny!

We headed back to church for communion and feet washing. This is a very sweet and special service that our family truly enjoys. First we had communion to remember the sacrifice Christ made when He died on the cross for our sins. We then had a feet washing service to remind us that we must humble ourselves and become true servants and follow the example of Christ (John 13). It was a precious time to teach my girls about humility and a servant's heart. They do not fully grasp or understand all of the symbolism, but they participated and it warmed my heart.

Zora washing my feet (with the help of Christina)

Lily washing Mamma's (Joel's mom) feet with my help