April 16, 2006
Passover and Easter
Our friends, Rivi and Efrat, invited us to join them for their Passover Seder. The Seder is the dinner that starts the Passover holiday. Nearly every part of the meal symbolizes some part of the Israelite captivity in Egypt, the plagues, the passing over of the destroying angel and the exodus.
The Seder was in Givat Shmuel, near Tel Aviv, at Efrat's mother's house. It was a wonderful dinner. We stayed until 12:30 AM. The kids did really well and really enjoyed it. It was fun that we know more Hebrew now and so we appreciated the singing much more than the last two years.
Passover dinnerOn Saturday, we had District Conference which was combined with an Easter program. As usual, the conference was at the BYU Jerusalem Center. The grounds were beautiful with spring flowers.
Spring at the Jerusalem Center
Brooke loved wearing her Easter dress. This is a view looking from the BYU Jerusalem Center towards the Old City.
Easter DressTyler's favorite part of Jerusalem is the "Gold Dome" or Dome of the Rock.
Tyler and the Gold DomeOn Sunday, for Family Home Evening, we had an Easter egg hunt. The plastic eggs were filled with things relating to Easter. Then we used them to teach Tyler and Brooke the Easter story.
Easter egg huntAfter the Easter egg hunt, we colored eggs. Tyler was very intrigued by the colored water. It was Brooke's first year to participate in the coloring.
Coloring eggsNext, the kids searched the house for their Easter baskets. Surprisingly enough Brooke found hers in her room.
Brooke's Easter basketTyler found his in his room too. It took a little while to get the kids to bed after we let them eat some chocolate and candy.
Tyler's Easter basketTyler-isms:
"Jerusalem is better than all the houses in Haifa, because it's the gold dome and it's pretty there." - Tyler loves Jerusalem.
"Mixed hair" - About a boy with streaked hair.
"Does that look like a good idea?" - It sounds good to us.
Brooke-isms:
"quares" - Chocolate squares, her favorite cereal.