Easter 2012

Here is our re-cap through pictures for our Easter weekend 2012. It was another good one!

Our tradition growing up was to have an egg hunt at my grandma's house-- which included money in our eggs instead of candy. Then of course a huge traditional meal would follow. Since we are all a tad bit older now and have families of our own, we have tried to continue our tradition on our own here in Utah. I love it, though I can't lie, this year was tough because our hunt last year included Linda and her kids and it was one of the last times I saw her before her premature death. I tried not to remind myself of her absence too often over the weekend, but that is easier said than done.

The fun started on Friday with a trip to the pool and to dinner with Cortney and her kids and of course Aunt Carlie. The pool in Cortney's hotel was out of commission, which was a real bummer. The hotel was kind enough to arrange for us to go swimming at another hotel in town, though. Wahoo. We had a great time, despite the fact that the replacement pool didn't have a hot tub. Boo.

Saturday, the kids woke up to the news that the Easter Bunny had found our house! (We have decided to do Easter baskets on Saturday instead of Sunday so that Sunday can be focused on the real reason for Easter, the resurrection of our Savior Jesus Christ).

I told Hallie that the Easter Bunny had been by and she said, "I know. I saw him in my room in the night. And it wasn't a him, it was a her. She hugged me and I helped Flor out of bed so that she could get a hug, too. She was tall- she was as tall as the ceiling!" Wow, the imagination on that child...Later the story evolved to two bunnies, a him and a her. Okay, whatever.

We decided to hide the kids' baskets this year, which was quite fun. Hallie did the finding for the most part, but all were excited to see their presents.

Later that afternoon, we had our fabulous egg hunt, complete with insane amounts of eggs. Waaaaay too many, quite frankly. :) The eggs were filled with all sorts of prizes, including, yes money. We had it in a park just around the corner from our house. It is huge and great egg hunting territory.

Pre-hunt: all the kids ready to go! The children of Jennifer, Cortney, Che' and me were all there and represented. The four of us have always been very close and have had great times together. I am excited to see the adventures of the next generation...

And...GO!

Flor was a little slower, but luckily she has daddy to help her. She picked up on the idea quickly and had a great time.

Jace: not so much interested.

"Should we do it?" "I don't know...what do you think?" "Doesn't matter to me...."

Jace did quickly figure out how to open the eggs and THEN he was more interested. Candy! Yum!

Avery made a haul-- as you can see!

The aftermath-- tons of loot!

Our next activity was of course dying eggs. The three dozen eggs went quickly, especially because a fair few people ate faster than they dyed. :)

Easter Sunday was celebrated by going to church, taking pictures, and having a great Easter dinner together at Che's house (no pictures of that-- not sure why.) All in all, it was fabulous. Great times. I am just sad that all the candy is gone already. Yep, already.

Beautiful girls with beautiful dresses from Grandma

All five grandchildren! Jace is a tad outnumbered, eh?

We hope your Easter was wonderful and full of time to reflect on the resurrection of our Savior.