Easter

The Easter Bunny cake Barbara and I worked hard on. It was yummy!

Hunting Easter eggs on the court house lawn in Sonora. Jack loved filling his basket with eggs and climbing one of the live oaks. It was cute! He also enjoyed hunting Easter eggs at the ranch on Easter morning. By the way, Jack loves that orange hat! He wore it the entire weekend!

Jack with the Easter Bunny.

Jack's first horse ride! Ever since he saw the trail riders in February, Jack has mentioned more than once that he wants to ride a horse the next time he goes to the ranch. In fact, he even specified a white horse (fortunately, the Malone's had a white horse!) and he also insisted that the name of the white horse was "Bob." So, even though his name is Cisco, we happily obliged Jack and called the horse "Bob." He had such a great time and loved it! He rode first with Sterling (pic below) and then with Daddy (pic above).

Jack also got to help work some of the baby goats and lambs. He had fun opening gates and shuffling them from place to place.

We spent Easter weekend at the ranch with the Malone's this year. We had such a nice time, and it was so good to spend a long weekend there; especially since we had not been to the ranch since Christmas. It was so good to see Grandma & Grandpa Texas and Uncle Michael and Barbara. Above are some pictures of our time there.

I did not get any pictures of this activity, but one of the things Jack and I did leading up to Easter was Resurrection Eggs. We opened them the 12 days prior to Easter and each one contained an object pertaining to the Easter story. We would read the scripture based on that object and talk about it. Some things were a little over his head, but he really enjoyed it! Every morning (and still on most mornings) he would request to open the Resurrection Egg. I hope to make this a tradition year after year and as he grows, it is my prayer and hope that he one day understands the true meaning of Easter: Christ dying on the cross for our sins, conquering death so that we might have eternal life with Him.