Easter 2011

Christ is Risen!  Easter is my favorite Sunday of the whole year.  It is so powerful and encouraging.  The God of the universe sent His one and only Son to earth, not to condemn us, but to die for us...for me!  But that's not where it ends...  He is alive!!!  I cannot fully grasp what this all means, but I know it's awesome.  I no longer have to endure the wrath of God, but have accepted the gift of salvation and will live forever with my Savior in heaven =)

This Easter was a little different than ones in the past.  Usually Ryan and I get together with family, but we decided to stay in Naperville.  We've never been to our church for Easter, so we wanted to stay for that - I had a track meet all day yesterday, and it was going to be a lot of driving for not much quality time.  We woke up around 6 (our alarm clock, Parker, is an early riser ;) and we thought we'd put in some Pillsbury rolls.  We didn't have any on hand, so we thought we'd make some of our own with the help of Hot Roll Mix.  Well...we didn't have any eggs either, so we jumped in the car and went grocery shopping at 7:30!  That's a first.  When we got back, Ryan made the world's greatest caramel pecan rolls.  Totally worth the wait!  We went to 11:00 church (it was packed!) and went out for brunch after.  Then we took these pictures of Parker in his handsome Easter outfit;)

Happy Easter!!