The DeVore Daily

As you prepare for Easter, here is a great activity to do w/ the kids to keep Christ as the center of Easter. Enjoy!!

Resurrection Rolls
Each child takes a Grand (or other large ) canned biscuit, or crescent roll. They flatten the biscuit out until it's about 5 inches across. Then each child gets one large marshmallow. The marshmallow represents Jesus. It is white because it stands for His purity and His sinless life. They dip the marshmallow in melted butter, and roll it in sugar and cinnamon. We explain that the butter and spices represent the oil and spices used to anoint Jesus' body before His burial.

They place the marshmallow in the center of the biscuit, then fold the sides around it forming a "tomb". (I help the younger children pinch the sides of their tombs closed and then we place them crease side down on a baking sheet so they will not open while cooking). Put more butter, cinnamon and sugar on the outside. We talk about the sweet taste of the spices and how Jesus gave us the sweetest gift we will ever receive.

At this point you can go ahead and bake the buns. They need to bake following the directions on the biscuit package. Then they need a little cooling time because the marshmallow will be very hot.

When the children bite into their buns they will be surprised to find the center empty. The marshmallow has melted. As each child discovers the empty tomb, we repeat : He is not here for He is risen!!

I am so excited that this sweet couple got engaged last weekend! I could not have hand-picked a sweeter girl for my brother. They have been together so long so she is already a part of our family, but we are excited to officially welcome her sometime early next year!
 

Friday we took the kids to the Rodeo w/ the Stricklands to enjoy all the fun kid activities. The kids went through the petting zoo (G loved it, D not so much), we watched the crazy animal races (goats, ducks, & pigs racing against each other), sat on all the big tractors and saw some horses and cows. It was a fun day and all the kids were such troopers.






Saturday we headed to Kingwood to meet up w/ Clay & Maryann. We left our kiddos at my moms and dropped theirs at Maryann's moms. We headed to the Rodeo sans kids and had a great time. Maryann's dad is on the committee so we met him in the Directors Room for a drink b/f the show started. We enjoyed the rodeo and Brooks & Dunn. After that we headed back to Kingwood for a nice dinner on the lake...great food and great friends, it just doesn't get much better than that! We slept in the next morning since the kids weren't there and enjoyed a relaxing morning. Thanks guys for such a fun weekend!

Dress-up


 

We got to spend a little time with my brother this weekend! Greyson and Davis love their Uncle Grant!
 

She's growing before our eyes...

To make Jason's birthday weekend even more fun, the Hicks came in to stay with us. They were able to be here w/ us Friday night for the party which meant the world to Jason. Saturday was J's actual bday and it was a day of lots of activity...breakfast together at Kolache Rolfs, A&M Basketball game-sans kids and we won, and a birthday dinner out to Eccell Steakhouse. We are so thankful for these sweet friends of ours. We are like mined in lots of ways which makes our time together relaxing and and that much more enjoyable. Thanks Hicks for making the trek once more to visit, we sure enjoyed it!!


Dinner at Eccell Steakhouse-YUMMY!!

the little girls checking out the dress-up shoes Maryann & I found at a garage sale

Boys still being boys...a contest of who could fly off the swing and land the farthest :) Let's just say we're thankful no one was injured!

Saturday was Jason's 30th birthday! I was able to pull off a surprise party on Friday night that was a lot of fun! Thanks to everyone that was able to come and celebrate w/ us. More about his fun weekend in some upcoming posts!