Monday, April 13, 2009

Happy Easter

Unfortunately, Mimi had to be in the hospital on Easter, so we had a slight change in plans this year and spent Easter in Chapin.  Lily was very happy to know that the Easter bunny could still find her at Mimi and Papa’s house.  IMG_4942Notice Sarah Ellen’s basket.  The Easter bunny must have known that she goes through a lot of diapers.  Thank you Easter bunny.IMG_4955  IMG_4944 IMG_4947 IMG_4948IMG_4951 IMG_4952 IMG_4953 James and the girls had some quality time while Papa and I visited Mimi. They had a blast playing in Mimi’s awesome yard.IMG_4957 IMG_4961 IMG_4964 IMG_4965IMG_4967 IMG_4968 IMG_4969 IMG_4970 IMG_4973 IMG_4974 IMG_4975 IMG_4976 IMG_4979 IMG_4980 IMG_4981 IMG_4982 IMG_4983IMG_4985 IMG_4986 IMG_4987 IMG_4988 IMG_4989 IMG_4990 IMG_4991IMG_4993 IMG_4994 IMG_4995 IMG_4996 IMG_4997 IMG_4998IMG_4999

It was a beautiful day to spend with family.  The best thing that the Easter brought all of us was that Mimi got to come home from the hospital.  THANK YOU EASTER BUNNY!

Easter Party

This Holy Saturday we invited some friends over for our annual Easter egg decorating party.  We began the festivities by planting flowers to represent the everlasting life that Jesus has given to us.  Then all the children gathered on the front steps for an Easter story. They actually listened despite all the eggs staring at them from the front yard.  Then we let them loose for yet another egg hunt. They are all pretty good at it by now.  After the hunt, and of course, some candy consumption, we began decorating eggs.    Sorry for the massive amount of pictures, but there are too many cute ones not to share.  You can probably tell by the quality of the shots, that my camera was hijacked.  Thanks Cameron and James for the great pictures.

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IMG_4833IMG_4835and they’re off…IMG_4854 IMG_4836 IMG_4837 IMG_4838 IMG_4839 IMG_4840 IMG_4841 IMG_4842 IMG_4844 IMG_4845 IMG_4846 IMG_4847 IMG_4848 IMG_4849 IMG_4851 IMG_4852 IMG_4853 IMG_4856Watch out Margaret Anne, your mom is eyeing that Reese's.IMG_4861 IMG_4857 IMG_4858 IMG_4859 IMG_4860

IMG_4894 IMG_4862 IMG_4863 IMG_4864 IMG_4865 IMG_4866 IMG_4867 IMG_4868 IMG_4869 IMG_4870 IMG_4871 IMG_4872 IMG_4875 IMG_4876 IMG_4877 IMG_4878 IMG_4879 IMG_4880 IMG_4882 IMG_4883 IMG_4884 IMG_4885 We decided we should use the same sheet each year.  It will be very festive in a few years.IMG_4886 IMG_4887Such concentration IMG_4888 IMG_4889 IMG_4890 IMG_4891I hope Lily didn’t just take a taste. IMG_4892

IMG_4939 IMG_4899 IMG_4900 IMG_4901 IMG_4902 IMG_4903Parker gets the best of both worlds here.  Two exersaucers.  IMG_4905IMG_4907IMG_4910 IMG_4911Little kids IMG_4914 Big kids    IMG_4918 IMG_4919 IMG_4920  Even bigger kids  IMG_4924 IMG_4925 IMG_4926 IMG_4927 IMG_4928 IMG_4929 IMG_4930Lily picked off each sprinkle and ate them one by one. IMG_4931 IMG_4932   IMG_4935   IMG_4938