I love Easter for so many reasons. Of course, the Saviors atonement is the primary one. It is a time to focus on and be so thankful for the miracle of the resurrection and the promise of eternal life. Since it appropriately is celebrated in Spring, it has innate reminders of that great gift which Christ gave to all of us. I love the new growth, the fresh, bright colors, and the signs of rebirth all around.
Sometimes the weather can be a little unpredictable at Easter, but this year was simply gorgeous. Both Saturday and Sunday were perfect in temperature and had plenty of sunshine.
We spent Saturday doing errands and working in the garden. In the afternoon we colored Easter eggs and then Steve and I went out to a nice dinner at the Smithville Inn. It was a beautiful drive down toward the shore and the dinner itself was delicious.
Sunday morning featured the traditional Easter egg hunt in the morning. Once again, there was one egg that alluded us for a while, but Evan eventually found it. We then went to church. In the afternoon, Tracey, Chuck, Kaci and Nikki came over for dinner and the super egg hunt outside. Nathan and Megan hid 135 plastic eggs (Evan hid one, too)and then Nikki, Kaci, and Evan found them. They then proceeded to re-hide the eggs for each other multiple times. The rest of us sat out on the porch watching them and just enjoying the lovely day. It was so relaxing and nice. Thanks everyone for making our special day....well, special.
Happy Easter!!!
We made some great colors this year
And we only dropped one.....the last one and it was so gorge....splat!
The traditional pouring of the colors
And here they are
Ready for the hunt
Almost awake....but still finding lots of eggs
We finally found them all
Meg with her basket
Mama with hers
Nate-" Yummy".....(Ginny- "Hey, could I get in on some of that")
Megan - ready to hide the eggs and looking good
Bowling for Eggs? Or maybe curling?
Now that's pretty cool!!
Hmmm, what do we have here?
Wow!! Impressive!!
Ready for the hunt...love the smiles (Kaci, Evan, Nikki)
I got one
How 'bout these ones hanging from the tree?
Can you get this one down, Uncle Steve?
Kaci with her collection
Evan's take
Nikki....the reigning champion
Happy Easter, 2012
Sad! The video isn't working for me and the amount of kids on the stairs is so small. It looks kinda empty! Glad Easter went well for you guys. So funny, the Easter morning pictures where everyone is still half asleep looks like they could be from any year. I have some that look almost identical from last year :) Kaci and Nikki are looking big too! Love you guys
ReplyDeleteI was just going to say everything that Emily already said. Seriously, everything. :) Perhaps we will have to come down for Easter next year so there are a couple of more people on the stairs.
ReplyDeleteOh, and I don't think we've ever had a purple turn out that well.
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