Easter

We had a wonderful Easter. We ended up having it at our house this year because my Uncle Rick had hip surgery last week and my Aunt was not up to hosting it this year. Our weekend celebration started on Friday afternoon with making cookies with Nana after all the kids got out of school. They were very interested in making the sugar cookies that they could decorate and then the only one that wanted to help with the chocolate chip cookies was Elizabeth.

Then on Saturday afternoon Nana and Papa came over and we all decorated Easter eggs. The kids loved this. We had a Winnie the Pooh decorating kit that Elizabeth picked out and then we also got a camouflage kit that the boys liked. Tyler made Elizabeth an Easter egg with blue on top and green on bottom and then put all the different characters from Pooh around the center. He said that it was the Hundred Acre Wood. Alex decided that he did not want to wait for the special egg holder that came with the kit or a spoon and used his fingers to dunk and retrieve the eggs. By the end his fingers were very colorful!!!

On Sunday I expected the kids to be up early, but they were not. Tyler and Alex were up at 5:30 and then Alex went back to sleep. Eric woke up next around 7 and then Elizabeth and Alex officially woke up at 7:45. Mind you we needed to be to church at 9. They then spent the next half hour looking for Easter Baskets while I made breakfast. We ate got ready and barely made it to church in time. Thank goodness for Nana and Papa saving us a couple of seats.

After working through a few wrong turns :) Audra, Steve, Hannah, Nate, Aunt Linda, and Nana all made it. We had a wonderful afternoon with eating and the kids playing. We even had a little concert put on for us. Then the kids had their egg hunt and got even more candy. The adults had their annual egg hunt with scratch tickets in their eggs. There were no big winners this year. The afternoon winded down with the kids flying kites out side and the adults relaxing. It was a wonderful day!!

Now we have to get ready for Elizabeth's 3rd birthday. There is always something going on!!!