Happy Easter!

I hope you've all had a Happy Easter celebrating the risen Christ Jesus.  Our Easter started with an outdoor church service at our church. 

The cross rises during the first hymn

There are between 2000 and 3000 attendees.

The 2nd, 3rd and 4th graders sang

There's also an Easter egg hunt, petting zoo and balloon artists following the service.  I skipped that this year, but Kyleigh and her mom went. 

Kyleigh asked Janice to purchase one of the Easter Lilies to decorate the stage in memory of her great grandmother, Betty Ann Lake with whom she shares a middle name.  She then got to take one of the lilies home with her.

We later met Devin, Janice and Kyleigh for Easter lunch at one of our favorite restaurants where they had a special consisting of ham or turkey with yams or mashed potatoes.  I love the ham they do on holidays so I was very happy with my meal.

Kid's Church Service Project - Week 1

It's a summer of serving at Kid's Church this summer. Today the kids colored rice which they will make into rainbow eye spy bottle games. In two weeks the children will fill water bottles with the colored rice and add small items like erasers, paper clips, beads, etc. The bottles will be donated to a hospital who will distribute them to sick children. Bed ridden children turn the bottles looking for a list of objects they can find in the bottle among the rice. (Explanation and pictures from the St. Paul's Facebook Page)

Here, they filled bags with rice and then poured in colored liquid and manipulated the bags to color the rice.

 Here are the piles of drying colored rice.