Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Easter Extended

The Easter story is a great one with Jesus rising from the dead to redeem his people. But sometimes it is hard for me to really grasp the beauty and perfection of it all. I think that God tells me that same story in other ways to point me back to Jesus.

First, Bryce and Rece are in a home school tutorial, where they get together for a few hours each week and get taught some stuff with other kids that are home schooled. They had a science project of bringing home a caterpillar and watching it make it's cocoon and then become a butterfly. It has been kind of a long process, but they both yielded beautiful butterflies this past week.




They boys were so excited. We released them both to the wild but had to get a picture first. We also grilled for the first time this year. I know, you're probably thinking how does that tie into Easter? It reminds me that spring is here after being cold and rainy, there is life again all around. We enjoyed several different kinds of food, this is only about 1/3 of it.



We had our friends, Brad and Rachel over with their girls. Another picture of redemption for us, as their marriage is one of two tragic stories coming together to make something new and full of life again. We also had all the kids enjoy a little wrestling match against me, it's amazing to me that I can be a dad and someone that is fun and has a little bit of a child-like heart. Yes, that's me on the bottom.


3 comments (click here to comment):

Mindy said...

I love that you can see Christ and the story of Redemption throughout your life. I say a hearty "Amen" to that.

I'm so glad that the boys got to watch a caterpillar become a butterfly. So many lessons are learned from that transformation for years to come.

By the way, the wrestling picture is priceless. Seriously, I laughed out loud. Your face vs. the face of the kids happily cheesing for the picture. That is hilarious.

Anonymous said...

I am glad I wasn't at the bottom of that pile. :)

Unknown said...

Being a dad and a child at the same time- sounds like a good life!
Jonathan