Sunday, April 12, 2009

Easter Festivities

I love Easter. Holidays are so much more fun with kids. We had a great time today.

The kids had fun with their Easter baskets this morning. Jeff and I had each got them a few things separately. It was fun to see what Jeff picked out for them. He's a good little shopper. The boys of course loved it. The first sugar high ended 3/4 of the way through sacrament meeting. Big man just laid on my lap kind of in a daze. They were revved up again later in the afternoon when we went to Grandma & Papa Snells for their Easter egg hunt.
Each grandchild had a certain type of egg to look for. This helped eliminate the mad rush for finding eggs. There were an equal number of each egg. It worked out well. Good thinking Grandma & Grandpa.
The egg hunt was not just for kids this year. Grandma & Grandpa and all the kids surprised the parents by having an Easter egg hunt for us. We too had a specific color to find. Our eggs were filled with something much better than candy :) Big man was in charge of the camera while mom and dad hunted eggs. He did rather well.
What a nut !!!

More of the festivities.

As the kids went to bed tonight I asked them what their favorite new thing was. Big man was quite excited to have a new Mario figurine. Little man liked the money he found in a few of his eggs. What a nut. I guess that's as good as his favorite Christmas present being pajamas.
Besides the candy, toys, egg hunts, fun with family, etc. I love that Easter represents new birth and the opportunity we have to partake of the Savior's gift to each of us.

2 comments:

Amy C. said...

How fun! So what was in your Easter Eggs? Love to see the picture of your dad. It has been a long time. I had forgotten how much I like your parents and always looked up to them.

Meggan Hansen said...

Money :)