Easter Weekend

Easter Sunday is winding down. My sugar filled children are sleeping soundly probably dreaming of chocolate bunnies.  

We had an action packed weekend.  We had so much fun.  So so much fun that I think I am actually excited to get back to a normal Monday.  

What would Easter be without colored eggs?  Isabelle and I waited for William to take a nap before we brought out the dye.  This year Isabelle picked out a dye set named "Bright and Shiny Foil Eggs".  The marketing idea was much better than the actual hands on process.  The only things that got bright and shiny were my fingers.  *Note to self...next year buy the dye set named "Boring, Dull, and Easy".  

Easter sugar cookies were next on the list.

 

Cut, baked, frosted, sprinkled, and eaten.  What's next?

Cupcakes?  Baked, frosted, sprinkled, and eaten. Moving on.

Lounging around in one of dad's sweaters sound good.  

The entire time I was growing up I would steal clothes from my dad.  This made him completely crazy.  He never understood that his clothes were so much more comfortable than my own.
I wonder if I have a clothes thief in training?

Finally we got around to some Easter egg hunting.

 

This hunt was for family home evening.  These eggs were filled with scripture references.  I know that's not as good as candy, but the kids still had fun learning about the resurrection. 

 

 "Dear mom, if you ever show this picture to my buddies in high school I will never forgive you!"

Easter morning the kids got their baskets.

 

  

Isabelle's favorite thing was her bunny.

 

William was only interested in the candy.

Tonight all of the cousins came over and we got around to doing a real egg hunt.

 

William caught on pretty fast.

 

He thinks Easter egg hunts are the coolest things since.....

well since...nope he thinks it's the best.

You have to be pretty fast to get an egg with these girls around.

 

Easter eggs & candy - $15.00

Basket - $10.00

Finding eggs with Grandpa - Priceless

 

We even had bunny visitors this year.

 

"Shadow" was so patient with all of the love!

 

"Bandits" little bunny heart was pounding pretty fast, 

but the kids were in love!

Sometimes you just need to relax and hang out.

 

Grandma Great joined us for dinner.

 

It was so fun to have her here.  Doesn't she look wonderfully vivacious!

(ha ha ha - inside joke. I love you Grandma!)

She was telling us lots of stories about my dad growing up.

Should I share some?  Yes?

Okay you twisted my arm. 

My dad used to take straight pins to primary and poke the girls sitting in front of him!

What a meanie!

My dad used to throw things in the canal.  

Once he threw my Grandpa's tools in.  

Then my Grandpa threw him in.  

I think that was the end of that phase.

My dad got in trouble in 4th grade because he was hiding a book inside of the book he was supposed to be reading and reading the other one instead. Was it a comic book you ask?

Why no, it was the Book of Mormon. 

I guess he wasn't bad all the way to the core!

I just love Easter.  I love the candy. I love the hunts.  I love the food.  I love that it is almost warm weather.  I love the family.  I love the memories of my childhood that it brings.  But most of all I love the reminder it gives us of our Savior and his sacrifice for us. I love that he chose to do something that he didn't have to do, just because he loved us. I love that he knows us better than we know ourselves.  

Happy Easter to all of those that I love!