Easter Wall

We tried something new this year in an attempt to make our celebration of Easter a bit more Christ-centered. It sorta worked. It sorta didn't. We started this two weeks before the actual holiday and looking back we should have only done one, because the kids kinda lost interest by the second week and we started forgetting to do it. But the basic idea was that every night at family scriptures or right after dinner we would share our testimony of the Savior's atonement and resurrection. Then one of the kids would choose a picture of Christ to put up on the mantle. It was interesting to see how the pictures' mere presence changed the way the boys acted in that room for a few days. (another reason to only do it one week next time, so they don't have time to get too used to them) It also felt really good to testify of Jesus' love for us. The boys weren't necessarily fully-attentive, but I know it gave me a boost just to feel the Spirit and think about all that the Lord has done for me. Every time it was my turn to bear my testimony, I would think to myself, "It shouldn't take Easter to get me to tell my kids how I feel about the Savior." And really, it shouldn't.