Springtime at Toledo Botanical Gardens

Toledo Botanical Gardens in the Spring
It was one of those days that made you so grateful for the beauty of nature and fresh air

Reminds me of the Mormonad...be your own kind of beautiful

Susan's favorite

Siegried and Cygnet

Swans

Paige and Susan

Margaret came over too

I'm becoming quite the fan of Gardenias

I loved these Elephant Ears

Mother Goose laying her eggs

I loved spending the day witnessing the world coming alive again

You've been Egged

The boys asked for an Easter Egg Hunt, so we had one for Family Home Evening

We hid some easy and some hard.
Nicholas showing off one of the easy ones.

Luke found one on the tree

Kyle found the one on the meter

Dylan found one

And then another

The playhouse is always a good place to look

Dylan is one of the happiest people that I know

Nicholas and Luke count how many eggs they have found

Nicholas retrieving the egg out of the drain pipe...a little tougher

Luke checking out his treasures

Nicholas going through his stash and deciding he is going to donate the eggs to his class

They do get along some of the time

Cuties!
They sure had a good time!

Toledo II Ward Easter Activity

Resurrection Rolls was taught by Lindsey Empie
Resurrection rolls start out with ingredients...butter, cinnamon/sugar, crescent rolls, and a marshmallow.
They go through the Jewish Tradition of caring for their dead and discover that once their ingredients are baked...the marshmallow disappears out of it's tomb, just like Jesus Christ

Lindsey talking about the resurrection

Zach Jastal and Cory Coursen glad to see one another

Dylan and Luke

Nicholas has his marshmallow in hand

He dips it in the oil

and spices

Zach opens his roll to see if the marshmallow is there

The marshmallow is gone

Nephite Adventure was manned by Karen Benner
We talked about Jesus Christ coming to the Americas after his visit with his apostles
He taught and blessed the people in the Americas

Then the kids went in to the gym which represented what it was like when Jesus died on the cross. It was completely dark, and there were earthquakes and storms.
People desperately tried to find their families and return to their families

We blindfolded the other kids and they had to crawl around on their hands and knees to find their family (candy) and get to the temple

The older kids

back..Jessica Eck, Devin Jastal, Kyle Simons, Dylan Simons and Cory Coursen
Front...Hannah Klepacz, Nicholas Simons, Luke Simons, and Zach Jastal

Devin and Dylan

Lisa Kijowski taught Resurrection Eggs
The kids went on an Easter Egg Hunt where they found eggs which taught them about what happened during the resurrection

Last we had a craft where we made Easter Lilies out of our handprints

I was in charge of this activity

Brooklyn Van Duren

Cami Kijowski

Lindsey helps Nathan

The Carey's help Sadie

It was a very fun activity!