April 8th..Easter

It's Easter morning!!  He is risen!!  Or...in the words of a three year old...

The Easter bunny came before church. Not only did he bring some candy-filled Easter eggs...he also brought some Power Rangers and a bow-and-arrow.  Awesome.

 Wonderful Easter blessing: Watching three new Christians get baptised!!

Easter egg hunt with friends after church.

 And, of course...the family Easter photos.

The beautiful Halsted family

Then...it's time to get our Easter outfits all wet and dirty.

 This was our first Easter away from family.  So... it was a tasty home-cooked Easter lunch from Dairy Queen. 

This is how Matthew and Wy spent the afternoon waiting for our friends to come over for dinner...remember the bow-and-arrow from the Easter Bunny??

Even though our lunch was not very "holiday-ish",  we DID have a real home-made Easter dinner at our house with our other "family-less" friends.  Barbecue chicken, green bean casserole, sweet potatoes, rolls, and cream cheese chocolate cupcakes. Yum!!  After dinner, the kids played outside for a while.

Notice Wyatt's cool Power Rangers moves...

The end of our day...three very tired kiddos.  And yes...my child is in his underwear..again.

It was a little hard not being near family this Easter, but God is good and has provided wonderful friends all around us here in Sonora.  He is faithful and we are blessed!