Easter Eggstravaganza!!

"One day the grave could conceal Him no longer

One day the stone rolled away from the door

Then He arose, over death He had conquered

Now He's ascended, my Lord evermore

Death could not hold Him

The grave could not keep Him from rising again

Living He loved me, dying He saved me

And buried He carried my sins far away

Rising He justified freely forever

One day He's coming, oh, glorious day!"

-Casting Crowns "Oh Glorious Day"

I absolutely love this song. It reminds us of the unimaginable love and power of Christ.

I can't think of a BETTER reason to celebrate!!

Our Easter weekend is always packed full of fun festivities and we wouldn't have it any other way. I tried to condense it all into one post. I'm not very good at condensing, :) but I tried!!!

TISD staff Egg Hunt at Wildcat Stadium

Colby was SO EXCITED to be on the Wildcat football field. He really wasn't even too interested in the egg hunt part. When they said go, he started making a mad dash for the end zone at the other end of the field. Luckily there were quite a few eggs, so we still managed to grab a few.

He was excited to see what was inside of his eggs, but he was much more interested in running up and down the field :)

Wildflower Breakfast and Egg Hunt

This bunny totally creeped me out, but Colby was PUMPED and jumped right up in his lap!

This little boy loves his Mimsy!

After he got about 5 eggs, he told us his basket was full. :) I'd like to think he was just letting the other kids have a chance to get lots of eggs, but I'm pretty sure he just didn't care.

SO happy that Uncle Big came home for Easter weekend!!!

Easter at the Anthonys

The Easter Bunny was very good to Colby this year. He got lots of fun goodies. (most of which I have packed away for a rainy day...AKA: when Camryn gets here)

The bubble gun was a HUGE hit!

Way to go, Zia!

We wrapped up the night with an egg hunt in the living room. :) Colby loved it!

Streater Egg Hunt

After church on Sunday morning, we went to my parents house for an egg hunt and yummy breakfast.

Thank you to the Easter Bunny for unwrapping the smarties before putting them in the eggs so that Colby could just pour them into his mouth!

Macey Easter at the Farm

Colby LOVES going out to Harry and Dee Dee's farm. There is so much to do. Riding 4-wheelers and golf carts, watching the longhorns, throwing rocks, throwing sticks into the tank, chasing the puppies, the list goes on and on! We had lots of great family fun on Sunday afternoon celebrating Easter at the farm. We went on a hayride to go tour the Macey's new house and then to find flowers for the Easter nests (a Zinsmeyer Ranch family tradition that we've started up in Temple), dyed Easter eggs, had a great big egg hunt, and the Easter bunny brought fun Easter nest surprises for the kiddos (including baby Hudson and baby Camryn who will be here in the next month!!)

Once again, Colby gathered about 5 or 6 eggs and then decided his basket was full. :)

blowing bubbles for Gram and Mamaw :)

cracking confetti eggs over daddy's head (poor daddy....by the time all of the kids were through with him he probably had 100 eggs cracked on his head!!)

Can't wait to do it all over again next year with TWO!!