Easter

Looking at all our Easter Pictures, it's very secular, so I just want to say: to me, the most glorious phrase in the whole new testament are "He is Risen." It was so humbling to teach Cambry about the Resurrection this year and to reflect on God's love for us, for giving us the matchless gift of His Son Jesus Christ.  We are so grateful for our Savior's divine atonement. 

With that said.  Here are our Easter pics:

We started Easter early because we got packages from family! Thanks Grandma Rappleye and Grandma Ber!

We had an Easter egg hunt in our front yard, and it was so great to watch Cambers scamper around finding eggs.

This is where these 2 discovered that candy is actually inside!

Dying Easter eggs is always a good laugh.

I think this is the last year the Easter bunny hides Devin's basket.  He wasn't too thrilled after helping Cambers find her basket to putter around the house looking for his Grandma Ber chocolate egg. He's a good sport.

We tried to get a family photo before church at the temple, but the sun was so bright, none of us could really open our eyes.  Good effort team Rappleye.

We had our Easter feast with our good friends the Rivers.  Becky and I are making Resurrection rolls.  They're marshmallows (symbolizing Christ's purity) dipped in butter (the oils put on Christ's body), then rolled in cinnamon sugar (spices), wrapped in cinnamon roll dough (the tomb).  When they're cooked, they are hollow- Chirst is risen! It was a cute lesson for our kids.

Another great Easter egg hunt.  C was much quicker at finding eggs, probably remembering what's inside.

 Little break to push V in the swing

The Rivers were so nice to host the Easter dinner. Too bad we were to busy feeding/chasing our kids around to take pictures of the delicious dinner. The food and the company were supreme.

Easter and other stories

Cambry loves "reading" books. If she sees a book lying around she'll start flipping through it. I don't know how many hymn books she has destroyed at church by excitedly turning and drooling on the pages. A couple days before Easter, Cambry was caught reading the Book of Mormon. She already knows where the good stuff is.

Speaking of good stuff, berries have turned out to be Cambry's favorite snack. She sure does make a mess with them, but it's a cute mess.

We spent Friday night getting ready for the big day. We dyed hard-boiled eggs and...

...frosted cookies.

What's makes Saturday the big day you ask? Cary's 1st annual Egg Roll. It has been fun seeing in the blogs all the different Frampton family members carrying on this tradition wherever they are. We were excited to introduce this tradition to our friends in Cary and Cambry. Joslyn and I both got out in the 1st round, but Cambry made it to the 2nd round where she lost to her friend Libby. I love the confused looks of the babies.

The Championship roll. And the winner is...

Nate!

Deservedly so, no one was as excited about the egg roll as this kid. He would count down and cheer when the eggs crashed. He was sad to see it end.

Cambry's first Easter basket.

She was excited about her stuffed bunny, another little stuffed animal to strangle.

When Joslyn needs Cambry to entertain herself for a while, she puts Cambry in her bedroom. She loves it in there (that might make punishment difficult when she gets older - can't just send her to her room). She has a box full of books that she can go through. A day before Jessica (Joslyn's sister) came to visit, Cambry was playing in her room and had been quit for quite a while. Joslyn walked in to see this.