Easter Weekend!

Easter weekend and I am truly loving the probity of family and how my sister and her family can come down and we all get to spend the holiday together.  I hope I will never take for granted that is was once MUCH harder to get all together.

Truly a weekend to celebrate

Lets start by egg dying - 

The kiddos got rather into it this year.

Noted - next year we will amp it up just a bit - Love this stuff and it used to be such a hassle because they were so little - now they can help!

Love family dinners that look like this

Pretty sure these 2 trouble makers should not be sitting next to each other - seating error

Saturday morning we hosted the annual Easter Egg hunt - 

Thanks to my sis and Chris for your help stuffing the eggs and thanks to the hubby's for your help hiding them this morning - wonder how many we will find this summer =)  

All the eggs discovered and tine to hang out in the props

He kinda makes that look comfortable

Now lets take this crew on a bike ride - everyone on wheels! - THAT is an accomplishment!

They stopped for this photo!

We went to the river tossed some rocks - and came back for a little easter prepping - 

Pinterest can be a fun thing - honestly enjoyed making these with my sis while the kiddos played and the boys had beer.  She was a good sport!

Dont they look so cute?

Soaking in a little hair braiding time.

Smiling at the finished product =)!

Crafting #2 - birds nest - so fun to make - thankful for little helpers

Look so pretty - but for some reason they aren't a favorite in the consumption

Now this one was a HUGE success - both making and eating - they are called Empty Tomb rolls - we had the whole description of the steps and how they correlated with Jesus on Easter.

Meaningful AND yummy!

Ready for dinner

Bit of a better seating arrangement - love this photo of these 2

Love the full table

Both sides of it - 

My mom had her own little pinterest project - Go mom!

Sunday at church - someone didn't like the Sunday school - worked himself into a nap - snored all the way through Church - Nice work jackson!

Glad we caught this photo of everyone all together on the ground of the Church - beautiful crew

Just the Grandkids

Thanks so much for making this all work - To my folks who put so much effort into the meals, bringing us together - hosting my sister and her family and keeping up with us all.  To my sister and her family for packing up and heading our way all the time (even though Riley informed me that they won't be coming next year as she would like to host at her house!  You got it girly!) But I know its not easy to be the ones traveling and I hope you were all settled Sunday night for your week back at school.  Holidays come in many shapes and sizes, I believe the best part of them is being surrounded by those you love.  

Happy Easter - He has Risen!