Another great day with these cute little girls.
We started out updating their scrapbooks.
So they wouldn't take forever I told them we were going to have an
Easter Egg Hunt!
O MY GOSH! They squealed so loud that I actually went deaf till they stop.
That got them hustling.
One of the girls who was all done asks,
"Can I go check the chicken coop for eggs?"
Sneaky........"NO"
I divided them into two teams.
Team One could only look for pink & lavender colored eggs.
Team Two could only look for yellow & green colored eggs.
They could not touch the other teams eggs (so they didn't give them away)
They also could not open them till I said they could,
"You are going to have a challenge with them"
"You have to find 17 eggs each team"
I hid the eggs in a very small area so we didn't loose any
(we all know no matter what there are a few that are never found each year)
"Is there candy in them"
"Yes, but you cannot open them till I say so"
After they found all of their eggs they came into the house where they opened
them up and found in them the 13 Articles of Faith without numbers.
Each team was to see who could get the most Articles of Faith in order.
They were a little overwhelmed, "Just do your best"
The Articles of Faith
1. We believe in God the Eternal Father, and in His Son Jesus Christ and in the Holy Ghost.
2. We believe that men will be punished for their own sins, and not for Adam's transgression.
3. We believe that throught the Atonement of Christ, all mankind may be saved, by obedience
to the the laws and ordinances of the Gospel.
4. We believe that first principles and ordinances of the Gospel are: first, Faith in the Lord
Jesus Christ; second, Repentance; third, Baptism by immersion for the remission
of sins; fourth, Laying on of the hands for the gift of the Holy Ghost.
5. We believe that man must be called of God, by prophecy, and by the laying on of hands by
those who are in authority, to preach the Gospel and administer in the ordinances thereof.
6. We believe in the same organization that existed in the Primitive Church, namely, apostles,
prophets, pastors, teachers, evangelists and so forth.
7. We believe in the gift of tongues, prophecy, revelation, visions, healing, interpretation
of tongues, and so forth.
8. We believe the Bible to be the word of God as long as it is translated correctly;
we also believe the Book of Mormon to be the word of God.
9. We believe all that God has revealed, all that He does reveal, and we believe that He
will yet reveal many great and important things pertaining to the Kingdom of God.
10. We believ in the literal gathering of Israel and in the restoration of the Ten Tribes; that
Zion (the New Jerusalem) will be built upon the American continent; that Christ will
reign personally upon the earth; and, that the earth will be renewed and receive it's
paradisaical glory.
11. We claim the privilege of worshipping Almighty God according to the dictates of
our own conscience, and allow all men the same privilege, let them worship how, where,
or what they may.
12. We believe in being subject to kings, presidents, rulers, and magistrates, in obeying,
honoring, and sustaining the law.
13. We believe in being honest, true, chaste, benevolent, virtuous, and in doing good to all men;
indeed, we may say that we follow the admonition of Paul--We believe all things, we
hope all things, we have endured many things, and hope to be able to endure all things.
If there is anything viruous, lovely, or of good report or praiseworthy, we
seek after these things.
Joseph Smith
After they finished trying to put those in order they were allowed to eat their candy.
I didn't want to end our meeting with Easter eggs and candy.
I wanted to remind them of the true celebration of Easter and what
Christ did for them so we watched this
(click on the title to view)
And if they didn't have enough sweets, I had cake and milk for them.
The cake didn't turn out, the whip topping melted into the cake so they
weren't too impressed.
