Easter Blessings

We had a fun-filled and busy Easter weekend! JonJon and Missy came in town, so it was a full weekend with activities and fun. My kids just love when they visit!

On Saturday we went to our church's Easter egg hunt. It was Avery's first one, which was really cute. I had a ton of pictures, so I just put together a little collage of the Easter egg hunting part.

Don't look too closely because I don't know how to make collages. I'm sure there is a way to be precise in Photoshop Elements, but I don't know it. Anyway, Avery is wearing Ansley's dress from her second Easter. Oh so nostalgic! She got the hang of putting the eggs in her basket. Christian went racing off when it was his turn (they were divided by age groups, and we had a child in each group), and Ansley enjoyed collecting hers with friends. She did get the most, though. Christian enjoyed the view from JonJon's shoulders. Avery now waves and says "hi!" to everyone she sees - that's what she's doing in this picture. So cute! JonJon putting his sunglasses on her - I love it! After dinner that evening, we did another egg hunt in our backyard. This is Christian going through his eggs, and then Ansley searching for eggs.

Whew that saved me posting like five million pictures. Now there will just be two million more to get us through the rest of the weekend.

After the egg hunt at church, we came home and dyed eggs while the Baby napped. She was one worn out baby!

We dyed two dozen eggs, and everyone joined in on it! It was fun to see the creative ways each person decorated their eggs.

Here are some of them that we decorated.

Then we enjoyed our Easter dinner on the deck. It was a beautiful evening!

Prime rib, green beans, seven layer salad, and an ice cream roll up cake for dessert. It was yummy!

Then like I mentioned we did another egg hunt for the kids. Here's another picture that didn't make it in the collage.

We enjoyed lots of playing outside since the weather was so beautiful.

JonJon and Avery swinging together.

Avery was really taken with JonJon. She would go to him without any issue and laugh and laugh at his antics! It was adorable.

Oops. I forgot one that I thought was really cute. I took a LOT of pictures this weekend! This was at the egg hunt, after it was all done. We helped with the event, so we were there early and then left a little bit after it was over. Avery had all the chalk to herself, and she just walked right over to it and got busy. It was cute! You may have noticed that she is pretty much walking everywhere now. She is still a little unstable, but she's finally discovered that walking is pretty fun!

After church today, we got some family pictures while waiting for Mimi, JonJon and Missy to come over for lunch.

When you have a little one, one year changes so much. I can clearly remember our Easter picture last year with our little newborn baby!

So thankful for the blessing of family. I love spending time with my family! It was such a fun weekend with everyone here, enjoying each other's company and celebrating our Savior. Very thankful!

Comments

[Ashley Lee]

So glad your Easter was a blessed and that your family was there to celebrate with you. I love the pictures of the kids in their matching outfits--ADORABLE!!!

[Renee]

Terrific family photos!