What a Hoppy Easter

Hands down my favorite Easter yet. I'm sure I said that last year but with each year that passes each holiday gets better and better.

We started the day with the boys opening their Easter baskets; they were so excited to come downstairs and see what the Easter bunny had left for them. We quickly got ready and headed to church. I love our church on any given Sunday but the always go a level bigger and better on the holidays. The praise and worship is amazing and I can't say enough good things about the Pastor, and Chase came bounding out of Sunday school to show us his Jesus popping up out of the tomb, that he had made.

A few weeks before Easter, I declared I am not cooking this holiday. Thanksgiving and Christmas, I'm all for it, but Easter, it's just too hectic with going to church in the morning and I want one holiday where I can just sit back and enjoy. Instead of eating at home we went to a brunch buffet at one of our favorite restaurants and I'm so glad we made that decision. The food was delicious, there was no food prep or cleanup afterwards and I got to enjoy all the company around me. I'm saying it here, we are going out for ever Easter here on out!!!

After brunch we headed to my parents house for birthday cake for Bill and an egg hunt for the boys. We could do an egg hunt for the boys every day and I don't think it would loose it's appeal at all. Chase is a master hunter now. He has asked a lot of questions about the Easter bunny this year; "what color is the bunny?' "Is he a small bunny?" "How did the Easter bunny get in the house?" (We decided Cisco let him in) "How did the Easter bunny climb up into the tree to leave an egg there?" He is an inquisitive one. Instead of collecting a lot of eggs, Asher prefers to find one egg, open it and eat the contents immediately. I can't say I blame him, chocolate carrots are hard to resist.

Mom Mom and Pop Berry got the boys kites for Easter and my parents backyard is perfect for kit flying. Even when there is not a lick of wind around you can guarantee there is a gale at their house. Both boys loved watching the kites flying around and Chase even flew his for a while.



                                    

 

 

By the end of the day the boys has come down from their sugar high (it wasn't pretty) and were completely exhausted from all the fun they had.

Egg Hunting 2016

I'm so glad we have such a wonderful group of friends to share fun events with. With Easter being next week, it was time for our annual Easter egg hunt!

This year it was an all boy event (not including Lila as she was on the sidelines this year) and all 10 of them had so much fun. While the Dad's were out hiding the eggs they were all at the door banging to go out. I love planning events like that as seeing their excitement is the best. Asher got to participate in his first egg hunt with the help of Daddy. He was very pleased to find there was chocolate inside the eggs he had found.

Once the hunt was over we spent the rest of the day sipping on mimosas and beer, watching the boys run around like maniacs but play ever so nicely together, snack on some yummy food and enjoy the company around us.

I think everyone was a tad sad to break the fun up....but it will be summer soon and that means lots of bbqs with these friends of ours.