easter

today is easter sunday, and while its fun to hunt easter eggs and eat candy, the true meaning of easter is to celebrate that jesus gave himself up and died to save us. we did actually make it to church a few times during lent and i am hoping to keep that going. little miss has been pretty good in church the last 2 sundays and if we keep going, i think she will get better. she tired to pay attention to what was going on, and of course loves to sing....even though she doesnt know the words. the part that touched my heart the most though was when it was time for communion. i always take her with me, but now that she has gotten older, she wanted to go on her own. I told her she had to put her hands together and hold them at her chest and walk like a big girl with me. she did such a great job, walking down the isle like a big girl and waiting on me while i received communion. and then coming back to kneel with me and say our prayers. the funny part was today she wanted to go back up front because, "i want some of that too!" i told her she had to wait because she wasnt old enough yet, she waited a few seconds and then told me she was older now. i love this little girl.

today also had another reason for being close to my heart. my grandfather passed away 24 years ago, and even though i was only 6 and didnt fully understand at the time what was going on, its still a day that i say an extra prayer and remember him...normally the picture that comes to mind is of him sitting in his big green recliner in the family room.

so now for the funny stuff......little miss never fails to make me laugh, and today i had my video camera out to capture it....a few times. the first one is of her coming down the stairs to go look and see what she got from the easter bunny.....the second is of her hunting for easter eggs. the easter bunny had to hide the eggs inside our house this year because of all the rain we have been getting...sunday morning we had some pretty heavy down pours.





In other news: i had a soccer game today (yes a soccer game on easter) and my team won 3-0....and the most exciting part....i scored the first goal!!! it was awesome! my friend krista had the ball but was marked, and i was wide open at the top of the penalty box with no one on me. i called for it, she dropped it back, and it was a nice left footed chip over the keepers head into the back of the net. awesome!