Easter 2025 is over, but just like with Christmas last January, I’m not quite ready to let it go. I just love Easter! I thought it would be fun to share some Easter videos from some different families who shared their Easter thoughts and memories on the Internet.

First is this video from Cindy, of Families in the Millennium YouTube Channel. I love her idea to give each family member an index card and pen to write down how they saw Jesus show up in their lives recently, acting in the different roles with the different names, which I talk about over here. From now on, I’m thinking I’m going to do this first, instead of asking family members to verbalize their thoughts, when we do the Immanuel Wreath candles. Then at the end of five minutes or so, ask if anybody wants to share. So far when we’ve done this, in the past few years, not everybody talks. I’m thinking if I give them the chance to write first, they might all open up more after getting the thoughts going with writing. We’ll see.

Second is this video from Michaela Bates Keilen and her husband Brandon Keilen, which you can watch over here.

I love that towards the end they share their testimony of Jesus. They talk about how we are all sinners, we each have broken lives. Jesus is the way to restore us. I also love that they share their time visiting Brandon’s family farm in Michigan. He shows how his mother really gets into baking for the Easter holiday. See her cupcakes above and the bunny cake. Something I will probably never do but I appreciate when others do it. I’d love to make them sugar free and or keto.

Then there’s the Holladay family, of singlemomonafarm.com. It looks like the Holladays and the next family I highlight are both families who do the egg hunt and Easter baskets without the Easter bunny bringing gifts like a springtime Santa Claus. I’m not the only one.

Then there’s the Happy Caravan family, the De La Motts who live in Harlem, New York. They are a musical family of 11 children. I remember my sister telling me about them a while ago. I’m fascinated by their story, of how they have been able to foster their children’s musicality and support their children in following their dreams of being professional musicians. I love the Easter egg hunt in the backyard with the timid French cousins watching.

Speaking of music, there’s another musical family I enjoy watching. The Crosbys shared this video below right before Easter, so I assume it was meant for Easter. We don’t often think of gratitude linking with the Easter holiday but this is an invitation to do so.

This video shows a domestic fantasy of mine, living on a homestead as a large family, and prepping a huge family dinner from scratch.

Happy post-Easter time! I invite you to do what Sister Cindy says in the top video of this post to carry the Easter spirit/the spirit of Christ with us through the whole year.