Happy Easter

I hope you all had a happy Easter. Ours was nice but busy. It was a whole weekend's worth of activities plus a couple play dates with our friends the week before. 

We had a party with our mom's group with a potluck lunch, egg hunting, crafts, and playing. We also had an egg hunt lunch with friends where each kid brought eggs filled with food items. The moms signed up for the food ahead of time to make sure we had a balanced lunch (we brought carrots). One mom hid the eggs, the kids got to find them, and then we sat down to open our eggs and eat lunch. 

The older boys and I dyed eggs Thursday evening. We made Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle eggs.  Very cool!

We spent Good Friday with my dad, Joyce, and Kate. They came up to visit us. We went to lunch, visited the Easter bunny at 2tarts (our favorite bakery), and played and egg hunted at the house. 

We drove in to Yoakum on Saturday for Easter with the Wyatts. We made a quick detour to Gruene on the way as the Easter bunny was visiting our favorite bookstore and I had told the owner, an acquaintance of mine, that we would attend. At the time, it seemed a bit repetitive since we had just seen a bunny the previous day, but the boys were excited. And I am so glad that we did - Dustin was able to get a great picture of all three boys smiling on the bunny's lap. So it was well worth it. We then drove to DeDe's house. Dustin's parents, Terry and Andy, DeDe, and Granny Ehlers were there. We had lunch, the boys got to hunt a few eggs, and we also were able to visit my Granny Hahn that day. 

Then on Sunday, we drove into Yoakum again for our final Easter celebration. We spent the afternoon at Grandma and Grandpa's house dying eggs, eating lunch, playing with cousins, and hunting eggs. It was fun and we had a good turnout. Our on way home that afternoon, we swung by The River Place. I had packed swimsuits for the kids so they changed into that and we all put our Crocs on. The boys splashed in the water while Baylor and I watched and Dustin fished. 

It was a really busy weekend, but it's nice to see and spend time with family. It's funny how the kids perceive it though, as Southern asked if the following day would still be Easter. In his eyes, Easter lasted longer than just one day. We spent a few days celebrating so it was tricky to try to explain the whys and how's and that "Easter Sunday" is really only that one Sunday. We are just very blessed to have so many people in our lives that we can't fit seeing them all into just one day.