Hunting for "Ecccks!"

Callie loves eggs, both scrambled and chocolate and so we are celebrating Easter this week with lots of fun activities, and lots of chocolate.  Callie and I will be making shaped sugar cookies tomorrow, we have window stickers decorating the sliding glass door, we have a special Good Friday service at church and then comes Easter Sunday with her basket, church, lunch and probably another chocolate filled egg hunt.  We started the week with a trip to Pa's on Sunday afternoon.  Callie had the best time she has ever had there.  It is fun to see her getting older and being able to enjoy running around and exploring the more rural landscape at Pa's house.  We hid eggs for her on Sunday and everyone enjoyed watching her hunt for them and then stuff her mouth full of chocolate later.  While reflecting on what Easter means to us as Christians and while praying and reflecting over the death of a dear lady at church this week, special moments with family, like these from Sunday, have become even more precious to me.  Not just because I want to enjoy and appreciate every moment I have in life with my loved ones, but because I was reminded that every precious moment is just a glimpse of the joy we have in store for us in the next life.  That is what Christ's death means to us.  Because He has conquered death, there is so much more than this to look forward to, which is a great thought because so much of THIS is so wonderful!