Easter has always been one of my favorite holidays.
Growing up, it was SO fun waking up Easter morning and hunting for our Easter baskets. We have some good home videos of Easter morning. Right Tori?
And then church always seems extra special that day. There is usually some sort of musical program (which are my fav) and everyone is just so happy and full of love.
As much as I wish I could be home with my family celebrating Easter like I always do, it is kinda cool being in Paraguay for it. Here they celebrate the whole week (which is actually really nice cause we got extra days off of work), but they celebrate it differently than my family does. People don't dye eggs and they don't understand why a bunny would come bring you eggs in the middle of the night... (you don't realize how strange traditions are until you have to explain them to people... same goes for St. Patrick's day- that was really funny trying to explain what leprechauns are and how they chase rainbows to get the gold at the end...)
So- because there are different traditions here, it has made me focus more on the meaning of Easter and less on all the fun extra stuff that comes along with the holiday (though I really enjoy that stuff too).
But we did decorate sugar cookies for Easter/spring (even though it's technically Fall here haha).
The missionaries came over to our house last night and showed us the Because He Lives video. If you haven't seen it... here it is.
I love this video. I love the Easter message that Christ lives. I think it is important to remember His death, but even more important to remember that He was resurrected. He lives. He is still with us everyday, waiting and wanting to help. He is there through it all. Through the ups and the downs, He is there. He is not a savior of the past, but of the present; living each day with us. I love that. I love that I have Christ to lean on, to confide in, to cry to (both sad and happy tears), to thank, to follow, to love. It's because He lives that we can return to our Heavenly Father again. That families can be together forever. That blessings and miracles happen ALL the time.
It's because He lives.
To test out my Adobe Illustrator skills (which are pretty elementary) I made this printable for the Easter season :) Download
Also here is just the flower arch if you want it, and then you can write whatever you'd like inside :) Download
Hope you all have a lovely Easter!
And to all my LDS friends.. hooray for conference on Easter!! So basically it will be the best day eva.
Also, family, have fun in London. Buy me something from Primark. Mmmmk thanks, love ya.
I love this video. I love the Easter message that Christ lives. I think it is important to remember His death, but even more important to remember that He was resurrected. He lives. He is still with us everyday, waiting and wanting to help. He is there through it all. Through the ups and the downs, He is there. He is not a savior of the past, but of the present; living each day with us. I love that. I love that I have Christ to lean on, to confide in, to cry to (both sad and happy tears), to thank, to follow, to love. It's because He lives that we can return to our Heavenly Father again. That families can be together forever. That blessings and miracles happen ALL the time.
It's because He lives.
Also here is just the flower arch if you want it, and then you can write whatever you'd like inside :) Download
Hope you all have a lovely Easter!
And to all my LDS friends.. hooray for conference on Easter!! So basically it will be the best day eva.
Also, family, have fun in London. Buy me something from Primark. Mmmmk thanks, love ya.
