Happy Easter

HAPPY EASTER!!! We hope you all had a very blessed day. We actually had a great day together! Todd for the first time since we have been together had off on Easter. Ever since we have met, he has had to work on this day because it is typically a very busy day in the restaurant business. But since we have moved to Tifton, Easter has been dead at the restaurant. In this small town, people go to their families homes to celebrate....not out to brunch or dinner. For the first few years, Todd kept thinking it was just an off year that the restaurant was dead, but he finally has conceded that it is just how it is on Easter in this town. And for the record, the restaurant was dead this year too, so it was a good thing he took off.
The girls dyed their eggs yesterday morning, which is a tradition in our family. Then we make egg salad right afterward to eat for lunch. It is my girls' favorite! This morning, we had fun watching the girls hunt for 87 plastic eggs all hidden around the house, and of course finding their baskets. They had a good time. We then headed to church for a wonderful service. They had the whole sanctuary darkened from the Tenabrae service they had on Thursday evening. The stained glass windows are all covered in black fabric, the Altar is covered in black fabric as well as all the Easter lillies. Then the choir starts singing "Christ the Lord is Risen Today....Alleluia" and the youth all came in and lifted the black curtains and removed the fabric, so the whole sanctuary is lit up!!! It is such a moving experience. We really enjoyed it. We then headed to eat with friends who also don't have family around, so it was nice to have someone else to share the day with.
We headed home to sit on the deck and relax in the sun for a while. Todd then attempted to mow the grass, but after three go rounds of the mower, the mower's engine seized.....nice....the mower is only 4 years old......so needless to say, we were not too excited about that. But we ended up having a nice day after all. We ended the evening by having a nighttime egg hunt like we had at Jay and Susan's the other day. We did it for our girls and Moses, our neighbor. They had the best time. It was hysterical seeing how Mo and Sarah were so competitive with each other.
Well, I guess that pretty much sums up our day! I hope you all had a relaxing day as well. Also, I hope you all stop and say a quick thank you to our Savior for the sacrifice that was made for us.
Have a wonderful week!