What Easter means to us

We've had a lovely Easter weekend at our place celebrating the love and sacrifice of our Saviour. My family and I are members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and so to us Easter is more than just bunnies and chocolate. (Besides that our girls are wary of the idea of some over sized bunny being able to get into their house at night!)

Our church holds a special conference every 6 months where we are blessed to be given guidance for our day by our wonderful prophet Thomas S. Monson and other church leaders. This weekend we were able to watch the DVDs of last weekends conference that was held in Salt Lake City. Their messages were so uplifting and so relevant to the times we live in.

It's not easy to keep three little kids quiet and happy while we watch the conference but as the girls are getting older I'm able to help them understand the importance and blessing it is to have living Prophets and Apostles that can give us direction.....this time round I think the older two were actually starting to "get it". They were so quiet and well behaved and I was so proud of them!
There are archives of the talks found here, you can listen to them or just read them.
I really enjoyed this one called Reverence and Respect all about teaching our children to have respect for themselves, others and most importantly for God. I especially loved the talk given by Elder Jeffrey R Holland called "None Were with Him." It was a very moving account of the Saviour's last hours and His love for us.

As Easter gifts this year from Mummy and Daddy Bunny I made the girls an Eye Spy bag each....very easy to make and hours of fun! I raided my craft drawers for bits and pieces I'd been collecting for a while now to make these. (The top I made last week is being modelled here.)

The girls' "Frannie" in Sydney sent them over matching outfits which they wore to church on Sunday. Here's a pic of the older two girls....I must say I never thought they looked that much alike until I dressed them identically, wow!

And lastly some sugar cookies the girls helped me make this morning, the jam is greengage jam from our tree, yum! I'm enjoying not having to get everyone ready for school/pre-kinder every morning and just taking it a little easy. I think I'm a bit nostalgic for those days before they started school.....hmmmm, just for a moment. :P