Cherished Moments with my 2 Angels: Egg Hunt

Drew and Mikayla wait for the Easter Egg Hunt to start! I wish her eyes weren't closed, but they were facing the sun!
This morning Drew woke us up bright and early and reminded us that this was the day of the Easter egg hunt. Our church did not have an egg hunt this year, but another church in our community was having a community wide egg hunt/hotdog lunch! Craig and I decided that, even though we always have an Easter egg with family at Grandma's, we wanted Drew and Mikayla to be involved in an egg hunt with lots of other children from our community. We knew that it would be a fun time to fellowship with others from the community! It proved to be fun for our whole family. Before the egg hunt started, all the children and adults went into the sanctuary where the pastor of the church spoke and reminded everyone of the true reason for Easter. It's not about eggs or the Easter Bunny even though these are traditionally associated with Easter (and they are fun for children and adults alike). The reason we celebrate Easter is because of our wonderful God. He sent His son, Jesus, to die on the cross so that we all could be forgiven for our sins. He would have done the same had it been just me, or just you who needed forgiving. I am in awe when I think of that! I strive to remember this amazing sacrifice that He made for me on a daily basis, and not just at Easter. I thought this was a wonderful way to remind everyone that we were there to have fun, but we also needed to remember the REAL reason we should be celebrating! There were about 20 kids including Drew and Mikayla in the 0-4 year old group and we led the way from the sanctuary to the nursery area where their eggs had been hidden. This church hid approx. 4,000 eggs for the children of our community. The children were divided into four different age groups, and these four groups each were searching for 1,000 eggs. Most of the eggs hid candy inside, but there were some special eggs which hid a paper with a number on it. If you found one of those eggs, you would win a special prize. Drew and Mikayla had a ball finding eggs and filling their baskets with them. Their baskets were getting so full that Craig even commented that maybe we should have brought bigger baskets. Drew had filled his, but was still finding eggs, so he helped to fill Mikayla's basket a little more. After Drew and Mikayla were satisfied that all the eggs had been found, we went to the fellowship hall to see what was hidden inside. They found plenty of candy (more than either of them really needed), and there was even a number hid in one of the eggs. Technically it was in Mikayla's basket, but since we couldn't remember which eggs Drew had put in hers, they were satisfied to share the prize! Drew, Mikayla, and Craig even enjoyed a couple of hot dogs for lunch. Once they finished their hot dogs, and Mikayla and Drew received their prize (a stuffed green bunny that is so cute), we headed home for naps. We had such a wonderful time at this egg hunt, and we couldn't thank the members of this church enough for doing this for our community!