Easter Weekend

I am so far behind in my blogging about family life that I am not even going

to attempt to catch up. The thought of trying to do that totally stresses me out.

I am just going to start up here with Easter!

 

What works for our family to share the holidays between

my family and Josh's is to go every other holiday. One family

gets Easter the other Thanksgiving and then whoever

had Thanksgiving gets Christmas Eve and the other family gets us Christmas day

The next year we do the opposite. Whoever had Easter gets Thanksgiving ect.

 

One thing we so every Easter no matter what is an annual cousin Easter egg

hunt with my family. This year we did on Saturday along with a picnic lunch.

The sun even made an appearance. It was so warm when it was out but the

minute it was behind the clouds brrrr... Everyone was grabbing for sweatshirts.

 

We ate a lunch then set the kids free to grab as many eggs as they could.

It was really a hunt as they were just all thrown in the grass. We

met at the "little park" that is located by us all. 

Before everyone else arrived my sister asked me to get a few

 pics of my adorable nephews. She even made them little bow ties.

Before the kids were allowed to hunt we required them to

take their annual cousin pic! I love these pics.

It is amazing how much they grow year to year.

 

 



 

 

Sunday we went to church and then headed to Josh's parents house.

We had  great time visiting, eating and lots of laughs.

Jordan has taken quite a liking to Grampa and the two were inseparable.

They took there dog Lou on a walk and then after lunch they went to the beach.

His dad mentioned that after walking a bit Jordan wanted to sit on a bench.

He asked him what they should do and he said just talk.

Jordan is such a time guy. He loves to just spend time with you

whether it being going on a walk or snuggling up with a movie.

Which they did when they got back. They watched Smurfs 2.

 



Easter Sunday

Even though Easter Sunday was a few weeks ago I am still playing catch up.

We got up at a decent time so we could all sit down and have breakfast together.

We went to church, home to grab food and then off to my parents house.

All of my family came over except my brother John who is off at college.

We ate way to much food, played outside and the kids did an egg hunt!

  

Flashback Friday

Flashback Friday's are a fun reason for me to go

back and remembering old memories through photos!

Let's Go!

{Easter}

2003
We celebrated Easter at my parents house with my mom's sisters
and our cousins.  This was also Josiah's  first Easter and he was just a few days old.
Michelle was almost 2.

 
2004
Michelle almost 3 years old

2005
Michelle almost 4 years old

2006

Michelle almost 5

2007

Michelle almost 6 years old

and Jordan was 7 months old.

2008

Michelle almost 7 years old

Jordan 1 1/2 years old

2009

Michelle almost 8

Jordan 2 1/2

2010

Michelle almost 9

Jordan 3 1/2

2011

Michelle almost 10

Jordan 4 1/2

you can read about Michelle participating in the Easter Extravaganza at 

CTK church here and our Easter Sunday here!

2012

Michelle almost 11

Jordan 5 1/2

We did our traditional cousin egg hunt a little early this year

since we were headed out to Sudden Valley to the Easter Sunday 

with Josh's family. You can view all the fun egg hunt pics here

and Easter Sunday here.

2013

Michelle almost 12

Jordan 6 1/2

This year we headed out to Sudden Valley again for Easter Sunday

and had a b-day bbq for Eli plus traditional cousin egg hunt on Saturday!

You can see all the Easter fun here!