Easter

Hoppin' Over For Lunch

Instead of hiding eggs full of candy, this year we hid the kid's lunch. We made very sure that each  & every egg was found. Opening an egg with week old ham and cheese would be a GREAT surprise!

 

 

We filled the Jumbo sized eggs with mini crackers, cubed ham, cubed cheese, sliced apples, mini corn dogs, grapes, cubed granola bars, mini fruit roll ups and mini cookies.

 

He is Risen!

 

 

We talked about the Crucifixion of Jesus and how he rose from the tomb on the third day. The kids each made their own tomb with the resurrected Saviour inside. We cut a heavyweight paper plate in half and hot glued it together with the bottoms facing out.

 

 

We cut a hole for the door and cut a stone out of another plate to roll away from the door. They painted the stone and the tomb and cut out grass and flowers from card stock.

 

 

After drying the tomb, they glued on the grass and flowers and attached

the stone to the side of the door with a brass paper fastener.

 

When the stone was rolled away the Resurrected Saviour was revealed. This little 3 year old loved the story of Christ's Resurrection so much that he told it to everyone in his family, over and over!

 

 

 

 

The resurrected Christ

 

 

 

 

Life is not a race; it's a journey!

Enjoy the moment!

President Dieter Uchtdorf

In his October 2012 Conference address, President Uchtdorf told the story of he and his wife's lovely bike rides, which he ultimately wanted to turn into a competion. I love her loving, but firm refusal, "Dieter, it's not a race; it's a journey. Enjoy the moment!"
I made this  little printable to remind me of that fact.

President Uchtdorf goes on to say, "  

Sometimes in life we become so focused on the finish line that we fail to find joy in the journey. I don’t go cycling with my wife because I’m excited about finishing. I go because the experience of being with her is sweet and enjoyable.

Doesn’t it seem foolish to spoil sweet and joyful experiences because we are constantly anticipating the moment when they will end?

Do we listen to beautiful music waiting for the final note to fade before we allow ourselves to truly enjoy it? No. We listen and connect to the variations of melody, rhythm, and harmony throughout the composition.

Do we say our prayers with only the “amen” or the end in mind? Of course not. We pray to be close to our Heavenly Father, to receive His Spirit and feel His love.

We shouldn’t wait to be happy until we reach some future point, only to discover that happiness was already available—all the time! Life is not meant to be appreciated only in retrospect. “This is the day which the Lord hath made … ,” the Psalmist wrote. “Rejoice and be glad in it.”

 

You can find his full Conference Talk HERE.

In my Easter Bonnet

 

 

 

 

 

 

Once again it's time to strut our stuff in that time honored Easter Parade (although we march down Brown St. rather then Park Avenue!)

Oh I could write a sonnet, about your Easter bonnet

and of the girl I'm taking to the Easter Parade!

 

 

 

 

 

Bonnet Instructions

 

Supplies:

Heavy Paper Plates

Heavy Paper Bowl

Ribbon

Cardstock

Hot Glue

Hole Punch

Glitter

Glue

 

Cut a hole from the center of the plate that the bowl will fit into. Punch two holes on each side for the ribbons (if you don't have a hole punch, just glue the ribbons between the plate and bowl).

 

Note:

After some trial and error I moved the punched holes closer to the center hole.

 It made the bonnet stay on their head better.

Hot glue the bowl and plate together. Add ribbon.

 

Cut various sizes of circles from different colors of cardstock. Cut the circles into spirals.

 

Tightly roll the spiral.

 

Slightly release the roll, hot glue the bottom so that it doesn't completely unroll.

Dab glue along the edges and sprinkle LIBERALLY with glitter.

(We add glitter LIBERALLY to everything!)

 

Add a hat band of crepe paper, tissue paper or ribbon.

 

 

Glue on Glittery leaves and flowers and...

 

Voila, a lovely Easter Bonnet (with all the frills upon it!).

 

 

Happy Spring

Gramma Luvlee

 

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Under the table & dreaming

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

Shea's Glamour Camp Party

 Papa and I were privileged to attend Shea's 6th Birthday Party, a fabulous Glamour Camp created by her oh so talented mom, Cassie.

Everything was well marked for the campers convenience.

 

 

Camp Glam was set up under the stars (twinkle lights) with a nice warm

 little campfire to gather around on those chilly nights!

 

Our "Glampy" Campers!

 

 

 

Junior Counselor (and big cousin) Danii lead the campers in some favorite campfire songs.

 

 

Then Papa told a "little bit scary" campfire story.

 

But it was nothing compared to some of the spooky tales told by the campers!

 

Nature Scavenger Hunt

 

 

 

The campers went out in search of nature items to put in their little sacks. Each camper

 also found a mini flashlight and a mesh backpack to keep all their camping supplies in.

 

When the campers came back inside they proceeded to the mess hall

 where they were treated to a sumptuous feast.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The lights were turned off and the little campers dined by the light of

 lanterns, stars and glowing campfire embers.

 

 

 

 

Bring on the "Bling"

 

The campers used charms and beads to create their own unique Camp Glam bracelet.

 

 

Getting All "Glammed Up"

 

 

Each camper got her own pedicure set and mini nail polish.

 

 

...and their own esthetician (a person who does facials, I Googled it!).

 

 

 

Merrill the esthetician/

 

...server/

 

... nail tech.

 Boy, my grandson is multi-talented!! and a good sport, to boot!

 

Also helping out was big brother Pace...

 

...Aunt Jo Jo , Cousin Danii...

 

...and Shea's Event Coordinator (and very talented mama, Cassie).

 

Then we...

...opened presents,...

 

...ate some really yummy strawberries & cream push cakes...

 

..and S'mores cupcakes.

 

Then we headed over to the supply table to load up on...

 

...S'more Kits,

 

...collapsible brushes & mirrors,

 

...Camp Glam lip gloss,

 

...and the ever popular trail mix.

 

The "glammed up" campers threw everything into their cute little

 backpacks and then hiked off into the sunset, literally!!!

 

 

The End!

 

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