Kiersten’s Blog

I love holidays.  The thing I don’t like so much is the commercialism of them.  I try to teach my children about the real meaning of the holiday.  I think that I was unsuccessful this Easter.  I was in the hospital until Friday.  I almost forgot that it was Easter on Sunday.  Then I bought into the commercialism (how can I pass up Cadbury mini eggs?) and created Easter baskets for the kids.  London painted Easter eggs with my mom on Saturday.  We also had a fabulous Easter egg hunt hosted by Melissa for our little friends here in the complex.  They all had a great time.  I would do those commercialized things anyway, but I didn’t even go to church on Sunday.  I needed a week off to recover from the baby.  I tried to teach London about Christ’s resurrection, but she didn’t really get it.  We’ve been talking about death a lot lately because she’s always putting things around her neck, so when we talked about Jesus dying and coming back to life, she couldn’t get past the fact that Jesus died.  Maybe next year I’ll be better.  I’ll teach my kids about the real meaning of this most special holiday and let them know how grateful I am for Christ’s resurrection.

Ashton and London on Easter. I'm so happy with the way London's Easter dress turned out!