The twins were born on Easter Sunday last year. It is odd but also refreshing that those two events don't coincide annually! Their birthday will always be close to or on LDS General Conference and close to their grandpa's birthday. Anyway, back to Easter.
My brother slept over and we got up at 6 a.m. so we could cook breakfast and fit in an Easter egg hunt prior to church at 9 a.m. Michael was so excited as he loves this annual tradition. The twins did not participate this year due to the fact they were still asleep and the lack of time.
We let him look at his Easter basket quickly before church. In the afternoon, we went over to my husband's parents' house to celebrate with all the cousins and aunts and uncles. We had dinner and then they got to break a pinata before going on the official hunt. Michael had a lot of fun and there were things for the twins and us, too (I got some earrings from the Easter bunny and Jer got a shirt; the twins got stuffed animals).
It was a wonderful Easter Sunday. I just wanted to share an excerpt from a talk given by LDS Church President Thomas S. Monson in April 2010 General Conference in closing:
No words in Christendom mean more to me than those spoken by the angel to the weeping Mary Magdalene and the other Mary when, on the first day of the week, they approached the tomb to care for the body of their Lord. Spoke the angel:
“Why seek ye the living among the dead?
“He is not here, but is risen.” 12
Our Savior lived again. The most glorious, comforting, and reassuring of all events of human history had taken place—the victory over death. The pain and agony of Gethsemane and Calvary had been wiped away. The salvation of mankind had been secured. The Fall of Adam had been reclaimed.
The empty tomb that first Easter morning was the answer to Job’s question, “If a man die, shall he live again?” To all within the sound of my voice, I declare, If a man die, he shall live again. We know, for we have the light of revealed truth.
My beloved brothers and sisters, in our hour of deepest sorrow, we can receive profound peace from the words of the angel that first Easter morning: “He is not here: for he is risen.” 17
