Easter in Del Rio

We put together a package to send to Megan in Provo, since this is her first Easter away from home and she wouldn't be participating in our annual scavenger hunt. Included were some homemade goodies and some chocolate, and then we got a bit carried away with a Star Wars theme...

...Because we discovered a variety of Star Wars Easter cards on the internet, such as these:

She got some Kylo Ren cotton swabs in a reusable tin:

A reusable bag:

A puzzle and a game:

Besides, May 4th is coming up soon and she needs to be prepared to host her own party.

On the Del Rio home front, we made and decorated Easter sugar cookies! It took nearly all day Saturday.

I made some special ones just for our family.

We shared the others with the missionaries and some other church friends.

Saturday afternoon the children went on their annual scavenger hunt. This year Kevin gave scriptural clues, so they had to expend a bit more effort to figure out the locations. Here they are searching by our fig tree. Funnily enough they ended up with a Kylo Ren puzzle and a Star Wars Top Trumps game too. Additionally, Dallin got BB-8 Bubbles!

Sunday, Kevin had a break from his usual church leadership meetings and got to spend more time at home with us. He made challah to go along with a baked ham and mashed potatoes! It was a delicious dinner. We only took pictures of the bread, however.

We were grateful to have some quality family time and reflect on the Resurrection of our Savior. 

We read through our Resurrection Eggs scripture activity later in the evening.

Happy Easter!

The Primary held an Easter Egg hunt for the children on Saturday.

Erin, Dallin, and Suzy had a great time.

Then we came home and decorated eggs...

...followed by our traditional Easter Scavenger Hunt.

Easter Celebrations

Some friends came over to play one morning, and we made bunny ears together.

Megan painted noses and whiskers to make the bunnies even more cute.

Even though Dallin looks mad, he really liked his ears and wore them for a few days.

 

We traditionally have an Easter scavenger hunt for the children.

We held it on Saturday afternoon, and one of Erin's friends joined us.

This year we put effort into it and the children had more of a challenge.

The first clue sent them to pick up their baskets from the grapefruit tree.

They visited other areas of the yard...

...and house...

(yes, the beaver skull contained a clue!)

 ...and back to the yard.

They had to decode some of the clues using a key.

Thanks to grandparents for providing a fun package with prizes for the treasure hunt!

We supplemented with some candy (but the chocolate melted even in the shade).

 Later that evening, we dyed Easter eggs.

 Library Peeps Contest

Each Easter, the Yuma library has a diorama-making contest utilizing peeps. Last year we heard about it too late, and we couldn't find peeps left in the stores, but this year we were prepared and stocked up early. The theme was "Peeps in Literature."

Megan and Erin worked on one together. 

Theirs was entitle, In a Peeple House, based on this book.

Ian's was A Tale of Two Peeps based on his favorite Charles Dickens' book, 

complete with a guillotine and his own knitting.

 There were quite a few entries, and these were a couple of our favorites:

Harry Peeper

The Wonderful Peeps of Oz