Happy Easter!

We dyed eggs a few days ago.

Naomi ran the show, mostly, with help from Lydia. We did it in our sun room, where I don't mind if there is mess on the floor.  The kids had fun.

 

We decided Daniel and dye were not a wondrous combination, so he was firmly excluded from the fun in the sun room. He was inclined to be indignant, but various older sibs did silly things, like having him sit in a laundry basket with his pillow pets.  He thought that was fun.

Kevin's wonderful mom came over for Easter dinner today, and brought a multitude of plastic eggs and other small toys.  The Easter weather was amazing, so we were able to have an outdoor hunt.  Here they are, in mid stride, on their way out into the yard.

She put a few "special eggs" in particular places.  Here, the kids are picking up (one per kid) an egg with a light up chick inside of it. 

Of course, all this family fun with eggs and candy and trinkets is just a celebration of the Real Celebration. Today is the most important Christian day of the year for me.  Easter!  Easter, when Jesus rose from the dead!

I think since I grew up in a Christian home, sometimes I have a hard time remembering how amazing it is that Jesus was killed and conquered death.  But it is amazing. Amazing that He came to earth. Amazing that He was willing to die an awful death to pay the penalty for the sins of the world. Amazing that He overcame death to rise again. 

Many people  have discounted the claims of the Resurrection of Christ because it involved a miracle outside the bounds of normal human experience.

But in many ways, we are surrounded by miracles.  The universe itself, the Earth itself, the formation of a baby human in the womb of her mother -- all require(d) a complex set of steps and things being "just so" to occur.  So yes, I am a scientist who definitely believes in miracles because I know there is One True God who sometimes breaks the fabric of normal life to do something amazing.  And the most amazing thing was Jesus.

God bless you this Easter!