Easter weekend

For starters....isn't this awesome? This was the scene at mom and dad's all weekend. They are missing Cami's 4 little princesses, and Annie's little guy, but the rest of the terrors were wild on sugar highs and the thrill of playing with their best friends. Mom and dad seemed to really enjoy the madness, though they'll sleep well tonight!

I have to take a better pic of the outfits next week...they didn't come through so well outside. But here we are!!!

Oh my goodness, the Easter bunny DID come! Since he slept in(whoops) and the kids ran downstairs only to return a few seconds later asking 'why didn't the Easter bunny come?'...they were SO SO SO happy to realize he had come...outside(he snuck home from church and went to work). So, this was hunt number 2!

When I asked what he was hunting, Kolbe said 'Germans!'....Eli said, 'the Easter Bunny!'

My fierce hunters/ soldiers!!!

Jon's weimarainer pups! So cute...Avery thinks she'll buy one with the six quarters she got at the Easter egg hunt. Um...good luck. The going rate is $800 bucks! Maybe if she flashes this smile uncle JOn will go weak in the knees....

Eli also loved these pups! If they would stay this size...I could handle one. They're so cute...we loved watching them eat. Dad fills a cake pan with dry food and water...and they go at it. They litterally climb in the pan over and under each other, like a game of twister, to just hork down! They come out just covered in it, and stagger around like they're drunk. They kids laughed and laughed, and we had to go back for mulitple feedings!

Kolbe was too big to hunt this year, so he was left to beg goodies off the little kids. Apparently Tyson had a brief moment of generosity!

Run gorgeous, run! She was so cute to watch...she ended up with 4 dollars and some junk food! A real haul....she wants to hit the gas station tomorrow and buy hot chocolate(her big splurge!).

Little Miss getting some extra eggs from the bunny...she did pretty well, but you know, she's a tiny mite!

Bestest of friends! This is the unseparable pair...thankfully, no longer 'kissing cousins'!!!

Eli was very restrained....I expected crazy man to make an appearance, but he was so calm...and he would share the eggs with others...He didn't really understand it yet. This was hunt number 1!

Before the hunt....this is the crew! They were ready to run...Avery couldn't stop looking at eggs to even take a pic!

I had an amazing Easter weekend. But definitely the highlight was the impromtu family home evening on Saturday night. My parents are tending Jon/Jen's boys while they're in Mexico(yeah, feel sorry for them!) So, it was Nate and me and our kids, Jon's boys, mom and dad and Jerry. We started with dad's favorite scripture story...about Enos...and then each of the kids picked a song they wanted to sing...but they wouldn't be limited to one. And what started as a quick scripture and prayers before bed ended up being 45 minutes of the sweetest, most beautiful sound! My parents loved it...as did Nate and I! There are glimpses when life is perfect...all is well, that you see a glimpse of the eternal happiness that awaits us. And what a perfect holiday to have had that glimpse!

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