A Happy Easter-2014

 The day before Easter my siblings and I colored eggs. This was a fun and easy project and we all enjoyed it, especially Sören and Esther.

The finished products-minus one egg that fell and cracked

For Easter this year, we had a yummy breakfast as a family.  My Mom made delicious overnight french toast-Strawberry Cheesecake! I'm not a fan of cheesecake, but this was a really great dish.

YUM!

The fancy table

We went out front to our Grace Garden and read the Easter story of Jesus' Resurrection found in Matthew 28

Easter basket search:

Not too long after breakfast, we drove over to church for an Easter service.  After the sermon, Lillian, Sören, Esther and a bunch of other kids sang a song about Jesus' Resurrection after dying for our sins on the cross.  All the kids did a wonderful job!


After wishing friends "Happy Easter" and chatting for a little while, we drove home and then had a potluck with a few families from our church. It was cloudy most of the day, but it didn't rain!

Lillian made this cute bunny cake

Esther and Maryn

Some of the kids decided to race around the field

Mom chatting with a few friends of hers

Dad with a few of his friends 

Egg Hunting!

 

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Cole and Sören with Sören's inflatable wale he got in his Easter basket 

Esther, Sören, Lillian, and I with our Easter baskets

Esther with her Easter chick

"He is not here, for He has risen, just as He said. Come, see the place where He was laying." ~Matthew 28:7

Skagit Valley Tulips 2014

Last Wednesday, Dad drove us out to see the Skagit Valley Tulips. We parked at Christianson's Nursery where we met Aunt Julie and Elin. We walked around the nursery and then headed across the street to the tulip fields.  Beautiful!  After that, we went to a produce shop and enjoyed ice cream!

I did a tulip post last year. Here's a link to that post: http://littletribeofbenjamin.blogspot.com/2013/05/tulips.html

I took some pictures of flowers:


Sissies!

                Tulip fields. Pictures taken by Dad, Mom and me:

Cousins!

The Tribe of Benjamin

Group Picture

Siblings! (and Rocky)

Sören



Esther Jo



Thousands and thousands of tulips!

"Your works are wonderful, I know that full well."

-Psalm 139:14

Esther's 5th Birthday!!!!!

A little over a week after we returned home from California, Esther's 5th birthday arrived. We had a yummy breakfast of cinnamon and  custard and then she opened gifts. Esther requested a "Frozen" Birthday theme. It is a favorite movie in my house. :)

A happy 5 year-old!

Blowing out the candles on her birthday cinnamon rolls

Reaching for a present...

...a princess crown from Sören!

Lillian and I gave her the movie Frozen!

Dad and Mom gave Esther the Frozen "Anna" doll!

After a great breakfast, we all climbed into the car and drove down to Lynnwood to go ice skating. Esther's friend Maryn, her family, Aunt Julie and Elin came for the party.

Before skating, we went out to lunch at Claim Jumper Restaurant with the Gates family:

Gina, Mrs. Gates, Maryn, Mom, & Esther

Dad, Sören, Lillian, Livy, & me

After lunch, our waiter brought out a red velvet cupcake for the Birthday Girl...yum!

 Ice Skating:

Lillian whizzing by

Sören abandoned this walker later and got really good!

Maryn and Esther...great friends!

Aunt Julie, Elin, & Esther :)

Eating her Frozen cupcake!

                          HAPPY 5th BIRTHDAY ESTHER!!!!!