Church on Easter Sunday

After hunting Easter eggs in our yard this morning, we headed to church. We had an extremely difficult time attempting to get Josiah to look and smile at the camera. So, these are the best pictures that we got today. The four of us.
The four of us, plus Chris, Autumn, Egypt, Chris Jr., and Arrionna.

David and me.

Mackenzie and Josiah

Mackenzie and Josiah

Beautiful Girl

Our traditional Easter picture taken on the bench at church. Too bad Josiah refused to look at the camera. Ha!

Us girls, coordinating in our black and white dresses.

Zoomed in on us.

Josiah ran into the picture at the last minute, totally unexpectedly. Mackenzie blinked, but I had to post it anyways.

Handsome, busy little guy climbing the tree.

That concludes our Easter posts. Praise be to our Lord for a risen Savior. What a gorgeous day it is to celebrate the fact that our Lord has risen and reigns forever!

Church Easter Egg Hunt

Yesterday was our church Easter egg hunt. The kids were so excited! Above is Josiah, Mackenzie, Lauren, and Allison. Josiah being silly with his basket on his head just before the egg hunt started.

We wore long sleeve clothing as it was cold! Maybe this coming Sunday, for Easter, we'll get to wear more traditional Easter clothing. ;)

Josiah hunting eggs on the playground.

What a basketful of eggs! We shared some of the ones he found with other children that did not find as many since there was a 12 egg limit per child.

He was very proud of all his eggs.

What a cutie!

Here goes Mackenzie! We were a little late to her egg hunt as we were finishing Josiah's hunt. They are divided per age group in different areas.

Mackenzie inspecting an egg.

My sweet girl.

I like this one of her on the hillside.

Josiah loves climbing this tree.

So I figured I'd snap a picture of him in the tree!

Precious girl. A bit disappointed as she found very few eggs (4 or 5, I think) and noticed LOTS of eggs in other children's baskets. She is a rule keeper and has trouble understanding why other people do not follow the rules...remember the 12 eggs per child. We tried to explain to her that it was okay. She would have a great Easter, and at least one of the other kids who did find a lot of eggs may not have as much for Easter due to his family circumstances. She was still disappointed. So, we pulled down eggs from the attic and let her count them out for an egg hunt at our house during H2H (Heart to Heart Bible Study Group). She enjoyed that and it seemed to make the day better for her!

I am so thankful for Easter. We love the celebrations, but the fact that our Lord Jesus died on the cross and has risen from the grave defeating death for us all is nothing short of AMAZING. For this I am eternally grateful. May you all have a blessed Easter!

The Church

The above pictures are all of the main church in the old city. I think it is called the Church of Guadeloupe, or something like that! I loved seeing this church and thought it made some neat pictures.

These last two pictures were taken from our "city tour" boat ride. We enjoyed seeing a good bit of the Banderas Bay area just off the coast of Puerto Vallarta, and I loved getting to snap lots of pictures of this church from the water. There is just something about the Sierra Madre Mountain Range, the old city of Puerto Vallarta, the tropical palm trees, and the Pacific Ocean, all together with the church, that I just love.

Alright. I found a postcard with the name of the church on it: "Our Lady of Guadalupe."