easter 2016

The Easter Bunny came again this year!  The kids woke up bright and early on a beautiful morning to see what was left in their baskets...

Star Wars toys, princess stickers, puzzles, and other fun treats were found.  

Then Aunt Nat came over to help hunt for eggs.

The kids made room in their baskets to go outside and find eggs..

Early in the hunt we had one almost catastrophe.  When Gus was reaching for an egg on top of a fountain statue, the statue fell over on top of him.  It could have been a lot worse, but it did hurt his foot a little bit.  It also scared him and caused some tears so we had to put the whole hunt on hold for a few minutes.  The statue was beheaded during the incident, but we didn't care about that so much.  The only reason it is in our yard is because it was there when we moved in and the whole thing is just too heavy to move.  Maybe now we will actually get rid of it... but naw, we are pretty lazy.  Gus will be sad this statue can no longer hold up an egg.  The day before he was telling us how there is one there every year.  Little did he know it would be his downfall.

After a quick foot examination and wiping of some tears, the hunt was allowed to continue.

The boys were good brothers to help Nora get her share...

The new playset gave lots of fun new hiding places.

With Dad's help, Nora always seems to get an egg from in here...

Jimmy found one in Jesus tomb and pointed out that the tomb wasn't empty.
I pointed out that it was once he took the egg out...

Jesus had come out of his tomb and was standing on top and his Roman soldier guard was laying on the ground.

After candy sorting and eating cinnamon rolls, we all rush to get ready for Mass.

We must have done pretty well this year because we actually had time to stop on our way out and get a family picture.  It even turned out pretty well!..

Mass was lovely and we visited with lots of friends afterwords.  

Nora was happy to see her good buddy, Aurea.

Then back to our house for brunch with Baabee and Aunt Nat.  Our friends the Hansons joined us shortly after, but I forgot to take any pictures with them because I stink.  It was a delicious spread and we all felt stuffed afterwords...

Mom and Dad gave the boys the game Set as a present and it kept the boys entertained the rest of the day...

Nora was happier with her new Playmobil girl and these three little bunnies that each kid got in their baskets...

For dinner we cracked open even our most special hard boiled eggs.   Sometimes it is hard for the kids to part with them, but it is a good thing they enjoy eating them enough to want to crack them.  As a kid I always wanted to keep them until they were rotten because I had no interest in eating them. Thank goodness we can take pictures of them to remember our beautiful artistry...

It was a great Easter.  Alleluia!