The tradition of hiding the Easter baskets may not have happened in the Smoak household growing up but it did in the Morgan house and to this day that tradition lives on. Saturday night after the kids had baths and were in bed we put the baskets together and then found appropriate hiding places. It is so fun to think of places to put them that aren't too easy but won't take them too long to find! It was even more fun to be in the house where I hunted my basket each year and to use some of those same spots for my kid's baskets! Easter morning the kids came down and we started the day by reading the Easter story, spending time in prayer, thanking Jesus for his death and resurrection. It was such a sweet time of reviewing what happened on those days leading up to Easter and then what it means for us that death could not keep our Savior in the grave. The boys grasp so much and it was so special to first and foremost put the focus on Jesus before the fun of the Easter bunny. Then it was time to let the kids hunt their baskets. It was so fun seeing them all search the downstairs at Nana & Pop-Pop's house!
Once baskets had been found and gone through it was time for breakfast. Uncle Dan, Aunt Ashley and Eli came over to enjoy Nana's special french toast breakfast. We had about an hour to get everyone ready, take some pictures and head out the door and somehow we pulled it off!
My boys looked so handsome in their matching vests and it was so great to have someone there to take a family photo for us (thanks Ash!!).
Everyone looked so nice for church that we had to take advantage of the opportunity and get a few pictures! I finally got Eli to smile for the camera... the trick: have him look for the car, truck or train in the lens and he thought it was so funny!! Whatever works, right?! I love the picture of Danny with his son as well as the family pictures... Matt would have made the picture even better!!
Normally we talk and coordinate the kids but with the busyness of Sarah leaving Japan that just didn't happen so we each shopped separately for our kids and to our surprise they all matched!! They all looked SO great on Easter morning! And it was a bonus that they were all so cooperative in getting a few pictures!!
This was definitely an Easter to remember with all the time we were able to spend with family! We missed the four members our family that were in Seattle but are so excited to see them in June... we are definitely counting down the days and can't wait to see them again! It has been a L-O-N-G year and a half since we have seen them!!! We're sitting just shy of 8 weeks and I can't wait!
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