Easter Weekend

We were blessed with lovely weather for Easter weekend. We were able to spend a lot of needed time outside doing some spring yard work. We went to an Easter egg hunt at a park Saturday morning, but didn't actually stay for the hunt. It said it was from 10:30-11:30, but I guess that was for arrival time. The "hunt" started at noon, which was around the time Karissa's gymnastics class started, so we enjoyed playing on the playground and the complimentary hot chocolate, doughnut holes, and unripe bananas. The kids were actually fine with leaving. It started to get really crowded and it was only an Easter egg "grab" as all the eggs were laid out on the grass.

 The Easter Bunny hid the eggs in the yard this year since our church meeting time starts at 1:00 this year and the weather forecast said it would be nice. The baskets were hid well inside so the kids had to search harder for them than usual. Victoria's was under her big pile of clothes in her room, Karissa's behind the piano music stand, Austin's in a fort on the couch, and Erik's in his push car. Something that had to do with each of them. After they found them, we had breakfast and watched some church-related Easter videos before going out for the hunt. The weather was so nice by 10, it was perfect!

Erik wasted no time digging into his bunny sucker from his basket.

Which one is the grass?

Watching a video about the life of Christ with their new stuffed toys.

We worked hard on the yard the day before.

 After church we took some family pictures and got ready for our holiday buddies, the McEwen family, to come over. We've eaten the past two Thanksgiving dinners with them, so they've become our holiday family. Victoria said she felt like she was at a family reunion since it was so fun. They're in our ward at church, but the kids are all slightly younger, so they're in different classes and go to a different school, which means we don't see them all the time.

Austin can't do many pictures without making a weird face, nowadays.

Not too many blossoms yet, but still beautiful!

The best thing about the dinner? We were able to eat it outside since it was still nice. That's the first time we could eat Easter dinner outside! I love spring!!

I didn't notice that Austin and Erik had fled the scene.