Easter Weekend

Our Easter fun began on Friday. We went over to my mom and dad's so the kids could color some eggs, an Easter tradition. It was Teagan, Maylee, Livia and Isabella. They sat outside at the little picnic table and colored a few dozen eggs. (no pictures, I know, I am a loser for not taking my camera.) Almost every egg Maylee colored was pink, Teagan switched colors almost every time and Livia just dumped her egg in whatever color was in front of her. After the kids were done we headed over to the temple to see the Easter pageant, another tradition...I think we have gone every year since Kevin and I have been married. We got there about 5:45, which I thought would be plenty early and yet we still had a hard time finding a spot. (We always bring blankets and sit in the grass.) Me and the kids stayed and Kevin went to find us dinner. I think this was the first time that I didn't pack a picnic dinner for us. I was planning on it but...well, it's a long story. So, Kevin came back with Subway. It was a good night and the kids really liked watching the pageant. Livia enjoyed every time she saw an animal of some kind.

The next morning I woke up to the sound of rain. I looked outside and it was pretty wet and I thought, "there goes most of our plans for today." It was suppose to be a busy day filled with egg hunts and projects outside. I spent most of the day getting inside chores done and we went to one egg hunt. Oh, and during the middle of breakfast I realized that Peaches (our cat) was probably wet since there are no places outside to keep him dry. I was feeling really bad while I was washing the breakfast dishes so I stopped and grabbed an umbrella and large towel and headed outside. I found a cozy spot for him in the corner of the yard. I bunched the blanket kinda in a ball on the ground and positioned the umbrella over it. When Kevin realized what I was doing he started laughing.

Anyways, back to Easter. We got the kids ready and headed to Kevin's parents for our annual egg hunt. It was pretty chilly outside but for some reason I didn't dress the kids real warm. I don't know, I think of Easter as short and t-shirt kinda weather.

Here we are on our way...the kids insisted on wearing sunglasses, even though the sky was covered in clouds.

The poor baby doll in the middle of the girls looks like it is in serious pain!




Okay, so the race was on...and here is Livia just looking at the ground. At least she has a few eggs in her basket already. (She is not always fond of getting her picture taken.)



After a long night of eating and egg hunting...(Ryan was the big winner this year. I think my family, Kev, me and the kids, made out with about 10 bucks total) we headed home. The Easter bunny visited that night and left the kids their trails. Teagan woke up first and was begging to wake the girls up. I just hate interrupting their precious sleeping time...but hey, it was Easter. So the girls woke up and I grabbed the camera and headed out to see what the Bunny left in their trails. Livia was a little unsure of how to go about this, but she got the hang of it in no time.




They found all sorts of fun stuff:
Maylee got a bunny pen that lights up when you write...


They all got a container of bubbles...

Easter eggs filled with trail mix...




and of course peanuts! It wouldn't be Easter without them.


At the end of the trail they each found a movie. Teagan was pretty excited...he loves movies!

American Legends, Sword in the Stone, Barney

It was a little bit of a crazy day. You would think that having church at 2pm would give us plenty of time to get ready. Well, it being Easter and Kevin had a few meetings and I was preparing some food to take to my mom's for Easter dinner and trying to get all of us ready...we were late to church. The first time in a long time. I was pretty sad, especially since it was Easter. I didn't even have time to take pictures of the kids before church. So as soon as I got to my parents I pulled out the camera for a little picture taking.

After we ate a wonderful Easter meal we had our egg hunt. First the kids went and then we had our hunt where it's a race to find our name in the egg. I didn't do so good. I found mine last...actually, I had Kevin finally tell me since everyone else had found theirs. But it was still fun.