Glorious

Easter weekend was simply glorious. It was mid-80's, sunny, bright blue skies - absolutely gorgeous weather and so much fun with the kids and family. It was so bright out it was hard to get photos without everyone squinting, haha. These photos were not edited at all by the way -- it truly was that breath-taking!

Saturday we had the obligatory Easter egg hunt. We just hid a few candy filled eggs around the yard and let the kids search for them. Simple pleasures :).

Sunday, we had a wonderful morning celebrating the Resurrection at church and then headed over to the lake for a walk. Gorgeous!!! Such a lovely way to spend the morning.

After the walk we let the kids open their Easter basket. Elijah got to watch all the excitement...next year he'll get to join in :).

Then we spent the afternoon at Mimi and Poppy's until Brad headed off to work (back on night shifts for two weeks now). Mimi came back home with me and the kids and we watched The Princess and the Frog. Such a fun day! Here are a few more photos from our fun-filled day!

Hope your Easter was just as glorious as ours!

Happy Easter!

From our home to yours!

John 11:25-26
Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies; and whoever lives and believes in me will never die."

We're Going on a Hunt!

Easter Out-takes

It would seem that Easter is the opportune time to snap a few treasured photos of the family and kids dressed all cute for spring. Someone forgot to inform my 2 and 3 year old of this fact. The photo above was the best of the bunch and only because Riley sat still for that millisecond when the camera snapped and Naomi's scowl was minimal.

Since Little Miss Independent didn't get to choose her outfit for the day, she had a complete meltdown shortly before this, and was obviously not happy about having to pose in said outfit while I snapped away. (She is wearing a beautiful little dress that her Nana made that had been passed down to us and looked quite adorable despite her initial attitude.)


Riley started out great, cheesing it up for the camera while Naomi had her moment of self-pity.

Starting to get a little goofy here, but the scowl is fading. Maybe this dress isn't so bad. Naomi isn't smiling, but at least she isn't looking mad at the world any more. Riley is getting a goofier smile and squirming more (he was really trying hard! lol).
And so it continues...
Now we get a smile from Naomi, but Riley is past his prime.
Ok I think we are about done here.
Oh well, maybe next year!

Happy Easter from our family to yours!