Easter 2015

This year we celebrated Easter a few different times. Since I was going to the Final Four on the Saturday before Easter we decided to celebrate with our little family of four on Friday. I had switched somebody days at work so that I could attend the game. So, after I got off work Friday morning I came home and made breakfast for the family. It has been a little tradition of mine that I make bunny shaped pancakes for the kids. We also gave them their Easter baskets.

The kids bunny pancakes and their baskets.

Our two little bunnies!

Our church had a Friday night service which worked out great with us. Our kids didn't have on some elaborate Easter outfits, because as I have always said "God loves us no matter what we wear. Including shorts!"

That night we came home and decorated eggs. The kids enjoyed coloring on the eggs before putting them in the dye.

Landon creating his masterpiece.

He quickly got bored and wanted to put his bunny ears back on.

Brinley loved decorating the eggs.

She is such a funny little lady.

I drove straight home after the Final Four games and got up around lunch time to play with the kids for a while. After taking another nap it was time to celebrate again with the grandparents. Grandpa and Grandma had made the trip up to visit after church and arrived a little while before I had to go to work. They got a few gifts for the kids and some for Jennifer and I as well. Right before I went to work we decided to head out and hunt for some eggs in the backyard.

Landon out searching for eggs.

Brinley found one to put in her bucket.

Landon got easily distracted and started playing on the slide.

Brinley decided that it was maybe quicker to just leave her bucket and to use both hands to pick up eggs.

Landon then decided that he was going to help his sister win. So, he just brought all the eggs he could find over to her. She seemed pretty excited about her basket full of eggs.

The next weekend Jennifer's family was able to make the trip up to Lexington so that we could all continue the celebration. They all wanted to see the kids hunt eggs, so we did it again. The kids really enjoyed it.

Landon with his basket that is almost half his size.

Searching for the eggs.

Landon got bored again and decided to take a slide break. He didn't want to sit his bucket down though.

Brinley and Aunt Sarah.

Brinley and Aunt Amanda playing in the water table.

The three sisters decided to hunt eggs too.

After they counted all the eggs Sarah and Amanda got around 25 and Jennifer got 34. I couldn't believe that she did so well because she claims to be non-competitive. She said that she got so many because Brinley was helping her.

Brinley and Landon wrestling over the duck shaped egg.

Landon won the duck egg and then decided to eat it.

Brinley getting Aunt Amanda to push her on the swing.

Jessi pushing Landon on the other swing.

Some of the eggs had candy in them. Brinley discovered pull-n-peel Twizzlers and she absolutely loved them.

Aunt Amanda and Jessi showing Brinley how to look for 4-leafed clovers. Brinley kept pulling up blades of grass and saying that she found one.

We had a good time celebrating with our families over the Easter holiday season. The kids really got into hunting eggs this year. Hopefully next year we can take them to an event so that they can participate with other kids their age. Thanks for reading and God bless!