Happy Easter

Happy Easter Everyone!

This was the first year we actually had to wear jackets in stead of shorts to our town's Easter Egg Hunt. It was pretty cold and rainy, but at least it wasn't quite as crowed. I REALLY did NOT want to be in any pictures as I had only gotten 2 hrs. of sleep the night before at our ward's youth retreat and hadn't even had time to shower yet - in fact I left early just to make the hunt, but Ally wouldn't get close to the Easter bunny unless I was holding her. I tried to pass her off to Maddy, but to no avail. Oh well.

All the Easter Egg Hunts were broken down by age. Here is Ally waiting for her turn. She was crying because Travis wouldn't just let her go and get all the eggs before the hunt started. What a mean dad! ;D
She was very pleased after the hunt and she was able to actually get those eggs that were tempting her before.
We didn't get any pictures of the boys hunts because they were going on at the same time. I wish I could have seen Jacob's though. He came out w/ his bucket barely containing all his eggs. Bryson was a little disappointed that he didn't get very many eggs, so I asked Jacob if he could share some of his. He proceeded to start emptying his pockets into Bryson's bucket. Apparently, when he ran out of room in his bucket, he filled up his pockets w/ 6-8 more! He only stopped because he couldn't figure out any way to carry more eggs, not because there weren't any more left. I think he counted 52 eggs, and that is not counting the ones he gave Bryson. Crazy kid!

Here is Maddy lined up for her hunt. Her age bracket is the most ruthless. Last year her bucket spilled and she ended up w/ very few eggs. This year it spilled again, but early on, so she was able to recover pretty well.

I didn't think to take any pictures of the kids coloring eggs. Like I said, I was pretty tired on Sat. (In fact, I still am!)

Here are the kids examining their baskets before they went to look for the eggs the Easter Bunny hid. We have finally figured out to leave plastic eggs the color of each child's basket for the Easter Bunny to fill and hide. That way he can hide the big kid's eggs in more difficult spots and Ally can still find eggs. Ally's eggs were the easiest and would have all been found before she knew what was going on if the older kids didn't know to leave the pink eggs alone.

Here are my attempts at a picture of all the kids before church. Ally was NOT being cooperative and when she was finally looking, someone else wasn't.

Jacob is very sensitive and I think I had just yelled for everyone to just look at the camera so we could make it to church. I don't think he appreciated that very much. Sorry Jacob!

Here is Maddy's hair for school on Monday. It was pretty much like on Sunday, but w/ brighter eggs. I wasn't sure how appropriate Easter egg hair was for church, but I had forgotten to put curlers in her hair on Sat., so I went ahead and did it, but w/ lighter eggs. Here is where I got the idea. So cute, don't you think?! I am definitely not this creative on my own!