Easter Sunday

We woke up early on Easter morning and made it to church for the 9:00 service. Our church did something different this year...instead of Pastor Steve preaching the message, a drama group performed a play called the Twelve Angry Jurors. It was written and directed by someone who goes to our church, and all of the actors did a really great job.

Ronan came out of his Sunday School class telling us all about the Easter story. "The people were really sad on Easter because Jesus died on the cross", he said. I asked, "Did Jesus stay dead?" and he answered, "No! He rose from the dead and came out of the toon." (: It is pretty cool hearing all that from a "three and a halfer" - as he calls himself. All day he wore a key chain attached to his shirt that said "New Life in Jesus". He was very proud of it. (:

Ronan and Griffin holding hands at church (:

After church we went to my parent's house with the Chases for lunch. The Henrys are in Texas visiting their friends, and Erik is in Seattle working at Crystal Mountain (filming a reality TV show of the Ski Patrol...while snowboarding!). We missed having the whole family together!

Griffin napped while Tyler, Sadie, Cohen, and Ronan did an Easter egg hunt. For more of those pictures check out the photo album on the left side of the page (:

Our Family Photo

Ronan was not thrilled about being in the family picture, but we managed to get a somewhat decent picture of all of us (:

Next we went to join Josh's parents, his grandparents, and the Greens in their Easter gathering. The kids had fun playing together. It is pretty crazy having three 16 month old kids toddling around! They are all walking, climbing, and talking more & more each day (: We missed having the Creager family there, but hopefully we'll all get together soon.

Josh's grandparents are downsizing so that they can move into an apartment here in Eugene, so they brought some treasures from their house to give to all of us...including some Tinker Toys! Ronan loved playing with them and figuring out how to build with them. After awhile, though, we found Ronan cuddled up with Grandpa watching a movie in the guest room (: He was worn out from a long day of Easter excitement (without a nap)!