Happy Easter

Hello mamas! So I panicked a little (or a lot) last weekend when I thought I had left my 3 newly-purchased Easter buckets in the cart at Fred Meyer and was dreading they would be sold out, and it was going to be rather inconvenient to try to get them back, or find others. I still feel like a "newbie" when it comes to a lot of this stuff (Easter baskets, Santa, etc) and it often stresses me out---just going in the stores. Ick. Overwhelming! But I know, and YOU know, what Easter really is. I am trying so hard, as we are just embarking on forming our own traditions with our little ones, to keep things simple, and in perspective. Jesus. Love. Died. Cross. HE LIVES!   Thank you to a former MOPS mom, Melanie, for sharing the following Easter post----short, powerful words from the popular "Momastery" blog, by Glennon Doyle Melton. (p.s. Found my kids' buckets hidden all-too-well under the stuff to fill them, down in the black garbage bag I am using to HIDE everything). I blame it on mommy-brain for not looking more thoroughly. :)

http://momastery.com/blog/2014/04/13/back-from-the-dead/

Family Fun! 

(click on links, below)

Local Easter Egg Hunts-this has a list for all over Washington state. Check under King and Snohomish counties for ones in our area!

City of Mill Creek Easter Egg Hunt

Skagit Valley Tulip Festival-breathtaking views up in Mt. Vernon, WA.

Resurrection Rolls 

Recipe and Instructions for Easter Rolls that tell the true meaning of Easter which is the death and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Ingredients needed:
Crescent rolls
Melted butter
Large Marshmallows
Cinnamon
Sugar
Preheat Oven to 350 degrees
Give each child one triangle of crescent rolls.
Explain that he crescent roll represents the cloth that Jesus was wrapped in.
Read Matthew 27: 57-61

1. Give each child a marshmallow.
This represents Jesus.

2. Have him/her dip the marshmallow in melted butter.
This represents the oils of embalming.

3. Now dip the buttered marshmallow in the cinnamon and sugar.
This represents the spices used to anoint the body.

4. Then wrap up the coated marshmallow tightly in the crescent roll (not like a typical crescent roll up, but bring the sides up and seal the marshmallow inside.)
This represents the wrapping of Jesus' body after death.

5. Place all in a 350 degree oven for 10-12 minutes.
The oven represents the tomb--while you are waiting for the rolls to bake, read Matthew 27:62-66.

6. Remove rolls from oven and let them cool slightly.
Now the children can then open their rolls (cloths) and discover that Jesus is no longer there! HE IS RISEN!!!!
(The marshmallow melts and the crescent roll is puffed up, but empty.)

~ Now read Matthew 28:1-10

Enjoy your warm rolls as you rejoice at the good news of Easter!
And then go and tell someone else the good news today! ~ C4C

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Recipe found at: Cowboys-4-Christ Facebook page

Northcreek Presbyterian's Holy Week Church Schedule, click here

Wishing you a very Happy and Blessed Easter.

Love, Hannah (and my baby bunny Allison, when she was 5 months old)