Happy Easter!

Easter was wonderful this year.  It was fun having some family time, enjoying treats, playing games, & just having fun together.  The kids were concerned that the Easter Bunny wouldn't visit because of the Corona Virus, but were excited when they woke up to find baskets of goodies for each of them.

Easter Morning Video

They each got a cute little stuffed animal, a journal, & a lot of yummy European chocolate & candy.  They were very excited.

And of course they enjoyed finding the eggs the Easter Bunny hid all around our house.

We spent the morning together & then spent the afternoon on a beautiful walk through the fields behind our house.  The rapeseed flowers are in full bloom here & they are beautiful.  There is so much in this world to be grateful for.

With their new journals, we all sat in our favorite apple tree grove & wrote down the things we are thankful for.  We spent 30 minutes of writing & 30 minutes just enjoying the beauty around us.  We are so blessed to live in such a beautiful country.

Just as I LOVE the spring season, Trek's allergies HATE him
this time of year.  We probably took 30 pictures trying to get ONE
of us together, but the poor guy kept sneezing.

Happy Easter from the Potter house.

We are SO grateful for our Lord & Savior's atoning sacrifice for us so that we can overcome our shortcomings in this life.  We are grateful for all we've been given.  We are grateful for our family, & we are grateful for all our wonderful friends around the world.  May the Lord bring you peace, love, & happiness during this crazy time & may you know that we love you all.

Egg Dying

What would Easter be without traditional egg dying?  My friend send me a typical egg dying kit from the states, but I also wanted to try doing it the German way too.  We also still have the egg coloring contraption my parents sent us a few years back too, which is still Canyon's favorite.

The American way is letting your eggs sit in cups of dye mixed with vinegar.  That's how we've done it for years.  It works & it's fun.

The contraption my parents send spins the eggs so you can use sharpies to draw stripes on your eggs. Canyon LOVES this thing.  The other kids like to do a few eggs on it too, but it's mostly Canyon's thing.

In Germany, they offer a lot of different ways to color your eggs.  Their egg kits allow you apply dye directly to the egg with a sponge.  It's REALLY fun, but REALLY messy.  We also got a foil kit so while the dye is still wet on the eggs, you rub gold & silver foil on them.  The German eggs turned out BEAUTIFUL.  I kind of like the new way better than the way we've done it before.  It's messier, but a lot more creative.

You have to wear gloves or you get covered in dye.

One striped egg via Canyon & his machine, & then a
simple pink dyed egg the American way.

The German dye kit allows you to put droplets of colored dye
on a sponge, & then dab your eggs with the sponge.  They are
beautiful & colorful.

Only my teenagers were able to get the foiled eggs to work.  They were GORGEOUS.

We had a blast.  Coloring eggs is such a fun family tradition.  We may be in quarantine, but we are loving all this extra family time.

Happy Easter everyone.