Newlywed Easter

Well, we've been married for (almost) 3 years now, but it still counts as a newlywed Easter cause we're still figuring things out.

On Friday night:
We had a date to Target (after a walk through down town and dinner at Cafe Rio !!!) to choose candies and treats for the other's Easter basket. 

On Saturday afternoon:
We sat out on our sunny porch and read the story of Easter, from Palm Sunday to the exhortation to "share the good news," including passages from each gospel. (I learned something new this year: Christ's miracle of raising Lazarus from the dead occurred DIRECTLY before the triumphal entry into Jerusalem.  How's that for a teaching moment to help his apostles believe that He was capable of a Resurrection for all mankind?)

On Saturday evening:
A date with another couple to dye eggs, then taking turns assembling and hiding your spouse's Easter Basket in the house while the other hung out behind locked doors in the bathroom. :)

On Sunday morning:
Church, with a child chorus, congregation member prepared speeches on Christ's Resurrection and Atonement 2,000 years ago and how it can be immediate for us now as we use it, and a young-couple's Sunday School discussing how to use the Atonement to change and grow.

and, of course, Easter baskets :)



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