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Easter Fun!

 We had a wonderful Easter!

He is not here!

 1After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week,a Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb.

2Suddenly there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven, rolled away the stone, and sat on it. 3His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow. 4The guards trembled in fear of him and became like dead men.

5But the angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. 6He is not here; He has risen, just as He said! Come, see the place where He lay.b 7Then go quickly and tell His disciples, ‘He has risen from the dead and is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see Him.’ See, I have told you.”

8So they hurried away from the tomb in fear and great joy, and ran to tell His disciples. 9Suddenlyc Jesus met them and said, “Greetings!” They came to Him, grasped His feet, and worshiped Him. 10“Do not be afraid,” said Jesus. “Go and tell My brothers to go to Galilee. There they will see Me.”

Stroll

These kids  took an Easter stroll on the Promenade.

Easter

 We hope you had a wonderful and Faith-Filled Easter!

He's Alive!

 He's Alive!

Preggers VI: 33 Weeks

 How far along?  33 weeks, 5 days

Comparisons:

 

 33 Weeks with Tracey

33 Weeks with the Twins

32 Weeks with Lee Lee... because I didn't take a picture at 33 weeks

 

33 weeks with Hunter

How I am feeling? 

Pretty well... tired but I think that's probably to be expected for basically the next 20 years.

How big is the baby?  

The size of a bunch of celery... 17.2 inches, 4.19 pounds

 

Sleep: 

Sleep is wonderful, but I have been experiencing more and more heartburn at night... so if I can get a handle on that, my sleep will be much sweeter.

Boy/Girl Predictions: 

Nope... just predicting a baby.

Baby Nicknames: 

Baby 

 

  Best moment this week: 

We had a great Easter weekend as a family... that was fun.

Cravings: 

Foot rubs!  Foot rubs are on my mind most of the day.

 

Missing:  

Nights without heartburn

 

Movements:  

Yes... so many, and some very distinct jabs from, what I believe are the feet.  I know exactly where they are.  Earlier this week, I felt the feet moving and I called Howard over to feel them.  He proceeded to push in about three times on my belly... and the baby kicked back about three times on his hand.  That was pretty special!

 

Labor Signs:  Not yet, thankfully.

General Attitude: 

I feel like I really want construction done at our house.
  

What I am looking forward to this week:  

I'm not sure... just another week with the five children enjoying the sixth in the belly.

 

Milestones: 

Nothing in particular this week that I can think of...

Great Easter Weekend

 We had a really fun, very busy Easter weekend.

(And I want to add here the caveat that we still have construction going on at our house, so thankfully no workmen were here Saturday or Sunday -- we had a break... but everything still feels a little displaced [and dirty] while renovations are still active.)

There was one local Easter egg hunt this year, which was so great for the kids to participate in.  In past years, there are at least 3 that we know of in our immediate vicinity... then last year there were zero due to COVID... so it was incredibly refreshing and such a blessing to have one egg hunt for children.  The weather was PERFECT and our children had so much fun.  It was also their first time meeting an Easter bunny!

We paint eggs the day before Easter (usually) so they are fresh for longer following Easter.  We also color them and boil them at the same time using the Instant pot -- BEST METHOD EVER!!

The kids helped with the coloring, and then they colored some Easter placemats from Grammie while the eggs cooked (and dyed) and then they decorated them with stickers and glitter.

After egg decorating, we watched some of The Ten Commandments, which was really fun to introduce the kiddos to.  They know the story of Moses, and we didn't make it very far into the movie -- with several stops to work on the eggs some more -- so it was a good mild introduction to this 4.5 hour movie.

Sunday morning at church!  Family pictures before church... and pictures of just the kiddos after church.  Hunter was not having it after church... but those are some of my favorite pictures.  Lee Lee sniffing the Easter lily, Tracey's shoes unbuckled, and Hunter ready for a nap.

In our family, the Easter bunny comes to our home while we're at church (it helps us get to church on time looking our best to not hunt eggs before church).  So when we arrived home... the Easter Bunny had come!!!

Caroline got an extra Easter present from us because she NEEDED a new bike... she had completely outgrown her 2-wheeler from last year, while Howard and Tracey still had plenty of growing room in their bikes from last summer.

They each had an activity in their Easter baskets/bags and the girls all had something to do with excavating fossils, minerals, and mini dinosaurs, so that kept them all busy (and dirty) for awhile.  They have all been REALLY into dinosaurs, fossils, and paleontology since we visited the dinosaur park in Utah.  

Happy Easter!

 He Is Risen!