Easter Highlights

Our Easter weekend this year was packed full of lots of activities. Saturday morning we hurried out the door to go to the Dinosaur Park to use some passes I had that were expiring the next day. The weather was perfect, but sadly we got there and there were tons of people there for a big egg hunt we didn't know about. We decided not to fight the crowds and headed home. Boo!

Next, we headed to our nephew Walker's 1st Birthday Party (sorry no pictures). We had a nice lunch and visit, but were unable to stay for all of the festivities since a certain little girl was in great need of a nap.

While Felicity was napping, Nate took Bridget to the home of a family in our ward for a non-traditional Easter egg hunt. They had a little message about the true meaning of Easter and then turned the kids loose for the hunt. The catch was they couldn't put any of the candy in their own basket. Any candy they found, they had to put in someone else's basket. Bridget had a pretty good time and came home with plenty of candy.

At the non-traditional egg hunt

After Felicity's nap we head to my aunt and uncle's house to decorate my Aunt Jennine's traditional homemade chocolate marshmallow eggs and spend time with my extended family.

Nate decorated this egg all by himself. Who knew he had such amazing skills?

Felicity loved jumping on the trampoline and playing with her second cousins while we were there.

On Sunday we headed to church, as usual. I opted not to make the girls' Easter dresses this year mostly because I found cute matching dresses at Costco for a price equal to what it would have cost for me to make them. I just couldn't pass that up.

While Felicity was napping after church, Bridget got to dye eggs. I figured Felicity wasn't quite old enough for this anyway and wouldn't care if she missed out. Bridget loves dying eggs and always wishes I had dozens and dozens for her to dye.

Usually our Easter Sunday afternoon is spent with Nate's extended family eating tons of good food and the kids hunting for eggs. We had to postpone it a week this year, but here's a few shots of the girls gathering their eggs. I wasn't sure if Felicity would participate, but she ended up loving it!

Happy Easter!

Lots of memories with family, good food, and way too much candy as usual.