Easter!

He is Risen!

We started the day with all three children shouting in excitement over their Easter baskets. I stretched, rubbed my eyes, and slowly rolled out of bed. While walking to the kitchen I had little munchkins jumping around my feet yelling and cheering. No time for coffee just yet! I grabbed the digital camera, walked to the sofa, and started snapping pictures of the kids ripping through their baskets. It was cute. Everyone loved their gifts. That's what I'm most thankful for. The pure excitement over simple gifts.

After the baskets were opened, everyone needed to get breakfast, wash up, and get ready to go to Pappy and Nana's house for the festivities! (and ham!) Once everyone was ready, I decided to do a mini photo session with the kids dressed up. I had fun. I hope the kids did too. I rarely get a chance to shoot pictures of Caitlin. She looked so adorable in her pink plaid dress.

At Pappy and Nana's we did the usual Easter activities. We didn't have room for an egg toss like we did at Grandma Jean's last year, but it was still fun. The little kids, Cooper, Delaney, Riley, and Caitlin, were the only ones hunting eggs this year. The twins, Nick and Phoebe, who are now teenagers, hid the eggs. We had to keep reminding them that the hunters were mainly toddlers. "Low and obvious," We kept saying. Haha.

After the hunt, we checked all of the eggs and found lots of change! Cooper made $3, Delaney made $2.50, and Caitlin made $2. More money for candy! Haha. NOT. I'm sick of seeing jellybeans. I'm sick of seeing eggs.

The next major holiday isn't until July! Yay!




On another note, my mama told me her vacation is April 23rd - May 3rd! I am BEYOND excited. I miss her terribly. Two weeks from Monday. Two weeks. Ohhhh I can NOT wait! :)

Gavin is now in a rush to finish moving all the brick in the backyard to make a nice larger patio for her. I told my ma he's working me to death over it. Her response? "I'm coming to visit you guys, not your backyard!" Oh how I love her. :)

That's all the news I've got today. I'm bushwhacked
Goodnight.