Easter

Despite the fact that Bryon had to work most of Easter weekend, we managed to fit in several celebratory events.  Yes, there were lots of eggs involved, several yummy meals, and a bit too much chocolate, but as we tried to explain to Kai, Easter is really about Jesus.  He is risen!  And, we are so thankful for that.

We had a picnic in the living room after making zucchini muffins together.

On Saturday morning we went to the community Easter Egg Hunt at the park by our house.  I wasn't sure if Kai would be intimidated by the hundreds of other kids, but thankfully they divided them into age groups so he was only with the 2 and 3 year olds.  He was so focused and completely filled his bucket in no time!  Good thing I only gave him a small bucket :)
These types of events are one of the reasons I love living in Sandpoint.  Not only does Kai get to participate in lots of fun events, but we know half of the people there and it makes our small town feel like family when our family is so far away.  

He also got to tour the fire truck which he thought was very cool.

After the egg hunt the park cleared out, the sun came out, and we stayed and played with a few friends.

These three were just like a little group of ducks, following each other all through this huge puddle and getting completely soaked in the process.  What better way to spend a sunny spring morning?!

On Sunday morning we woke up a disgruntled Kai at 5:45 a.m. (after not going to bed until 10:30 the night before) and headed up to Schweitzer for their sunrise Easter service.  When I got Kai out of bed he said to me in a groggy voice, "I don't want to go up on the mountain with Jesus."  I'd explained to him the night before that we were going to celebrate Jesus at the top of Schweitzer, but obviously it wasn't such an exciting thought at such an early hour.  Hopefully next year he'll have a better attitude!  

The chairlift ride started off nice and warm, but got windier and colder as we neared the top.  Poor Kai was miserable.

Here we are after a very cold but beautiful service.  Kai's face very accurately depicts how he was feeling by this point.  Not impressed!  We heard many, "My feet are cold. My hands are cold.  My face is cold.  I want to go home." types of comments, but he survived!

After a very long nap for Kai and an afternoon at work for Bryon, we had a little Easter egg hunt with eggs from Papa and Gramma (Thank You!) before enjoying a yummy dinner together.

Then today, Bryon's tax-season-countdown surprise was an Easter egg hunt just for him (with a little help from Kai of course).