Christ the Lord is Risen today!!!

Well, I guess it was a couple of weeks ago, but every day is like resurrection Sunday for believers right?  Anyway, Anna and Emma checking out the Easter baskets on Easter morning...

 Tony got up early and put eggs outside.  We let them find a few and then made them wait for Anton to wake up.

 I convinced them to put their dresses on before going back out.  I wonder if Anton will have a little girl someday... :)

 I knew the dresses would make for cute egg hunt pictures.

 My beautiful 4 year old Emma!!

 Anton was sneaking candy while the girls weren't looking.

 Do you like the stamps on their hands?  The Easter bunny brough little resurrection-themed stamps.  I didn't think about how that would work out with the Easter dresses.  I edited them out in most of the pictures...

 And Emma refusing to be in the picture again.  Someday she'll ask me why I have so many pictures of Anna and Anton without her.

 We headed up to the balcony for church and found the Pences. 

 We ate at Skeeters for lunch.

 Emma's actual birthday was on Easter Sunday this year.  We had a little family celebration after lunch.  I asked her a couple of months ago what she wanted for her birthday.  She told me she wanted a girls Star Wars puzzle.  Anton just happened to babysit the day I asked her this, and he had done his old Star Wars puzzle with them (it's 1000 pieces - he did most of it I'm sure).  I figured there was no such thing (I was right) so I asked again a few weeks later.  She said she wanted a girls Star Wars puzzle.  That was it.  There are 48 piece Star Wars puzzle with women on them, but they also have men with drawn guns/lazer swords on the puzzle, so I didn't want to do that.  I convinced her this was a girls Star Wars puzzle.  Anna's not convinced and has tried to spoil it a few times, but so far so good.

This is the cake she picked out to have on her birthday with just her family.

 And blowing out the candles. :)

 It was a fun day to celebrate Jesus' victory over the grave and our promise of eternal life with Him, AND our gift of Emma.  I am so blessed to be her mama!!!