Finally! He is Risen!

So, my Easter post is a week late...can't be worse than last Easter , right?  This year, every single one of us was healthy enough to enjoy the celebration of our risen Lord...and chocolate bunnies. 

In the past, I have lamented my lack of creativity surrounding holidays.  It's as if I'm always caught unaware...like I didn't know the holiday was coming up.  It would seem we were heading down the same path for this Easter...UNTIL, my super creative-only needs a few hours of sleep-can do anything-sister-in-law, Cathy, saved my oblivious-over whelmed by laundry-distracted by Facebook-beeehind.  She mailed the kids coloring pages and a recipe for Easter cookies.  But not just any Easter cookies.  As you follow the recipe, there is Scripture to go with each step and the final results aren't revealed until Easter morning!  How cool is that?  Saturday night was filled with coloring eggs and cookie baking....

Here's what Stinky Lee MaGee decided to occupy himself with....

Trey kindly threw all the Tupperware from the drawer into the sink before standing in it...

Joe did a great job reading from his Bible while we followed the recipe for these special cookies.

Good thing Bella wanted to help hold the mixer...the recipe said to beat the mixture for 12 to 15 minutes!!

When the cookies were on the sheet, we put them in the pre-heated oven, turn the oven off (what?), waited till morning...when viola! The cookies are hollow!  Empty!  Just like Jesus' tomb!

As I was reading the corresponding Scripture, Bella interrupted me by yelling "I GOT A CHOCOLATE BUNNY!" and running out of the kitchen....her lack of attention may explain why she woke us up that morning by whispering (very loudly) "God is prison!"..."What, Bella??!!"..."God is prison!"..."Oh, you mean 'Jesus is risen!'"...."He is risen indeed!"..."Right, go back to bed, Bella."

We played our cards right by waiting until before dinner to try to get a nice picture instead of before church when we're rushing and cranky.  Pretty cute, I'd say.

And no day in the Mitlo house would be complete without some kind of "incident"...

I thanked him for his patience while I ran to get the camera.

Happy Easter!