Happy Easter!

We had good family time over the Easter weekend.  Judy came to visit us for a few days again this year.  We did a few outings with her.  Troy and the kids went with Judy to Swiss Valley. (I had to stay home while our new water heater was being installed.)  The had a nice hike, but were disappointed to find the nature center was closed for the holiday.  I guess Judy will have to wait until another time to meet Teresa's favorite mt. lion!

We also took a drive to the children's museum in Iowa City.  It was really fun with lots to explore.  It was conveniently located in a mall with a food court which made for a fun lunch and more time to play after lunch.  And of course Judy always likes an ice cream treat, so we enjoyed an evening trip to Culver's!

On Easter we had our bunny breakfast (cinnamon rolls) and then hid eggs and baskets for the kids to find.  Teresa was delighted to find her high heel shoes.  (She did better than I expected walking in them.)  And Timothy is now longing for summer even more as he got some dive sticks for the pool.  We cleaned up pretty nice and got to experience worship in our new sanctuary at church.

The afternoon was spent going for a walk together and playing games, re-hiding and finding eggs, and talking with family.  We had our Easter dinner in the evening followed by the Dora castle cake which decided was to honor Jesus the king! (Teresa picked a bunch of recipes from the Dora cookbook to make and the castle cake was one of them.  The kids thought I would never make it!)

Happy Easter.  He is risen!