Easter weekend recap...a picture marathon...

i worked from home on Friday...the kiddos were out of school on spring break, & the daycare was closed for Good Friday...thankfully, my punks did a great job keeping themselves entertained most of the day...it was a gorgeous day outside (in the 80s!), so they spent a lot of time outside enjoying the weather...& as soon as quittin' time rolled around, i joined them!

we'd planned to dye our Easter Eggs...we'd gotten 2 different kits this year - a tie dye set & a set to make the eggs all shiny & glittery

the tie dye kit worked the best...u used droppers to add tiny drops of color to ur egg, while u held it in a baggie...then add another color (or 2) & roll the egg around to swirl the colors together

they came out brighter & the process was quicker than old fashioned dipping

we went ahead & colored all our eggs, then left the shiny kit for the next day since the eggs needed to be dry to add the shine

Rocket joined us outside...he kept watch, making sure that evil cat didn't come around to bother us ;0)

here are our finished eggs after we added the shine effect on Saturday...we were super proud of how they turned out!

another critter that caught Rocket's attention while we were outside dying eggs was this little mama kill deer bird...

she would sit out in the grass with her hubby, just squawking away - trying to keep our attention on her, & not her nest...but finally, i found the eggs...& it was a good thing too - she'd literally laid her eggs under where my brother's hauling trailer had been parked...she was lucky he didn't run over her eggs when he pulled it out...or that he hadn't returned it yet & backed over them

& check this...when i went back out to peek at her eggs on Sunday, there was one more!

i went ahead & surrounded her nest with markers so it wouldn't get run over...i'm just hoping that once the babies hatch, their parents are good at keeping Night away...i'll probably cry if that killer cat gets a hold of them!

Jaden went to bed that evening with a migraine...bless his heart - we knew he didn't feel well when he was only able to take one bite of his pizza, then asked for medicine & decided he was going to bed...thankfully, he woke up just fine on Saturday! that day was pretty chill...i had a wedding cake consultation that morning, but mostly we just hung out & soaked up all the sunshine!

of course Sunday was Easter...& the Easter Bunny sure enough found his way to our new home (Jaden was worried about that)

this was the first year that the kiddos picked out their own Easter outfits...the girls, completely on their own! Jaden only cared that his clothes were blue...i helped him with finding something appropriate ;0)

Easter Sunday service was the children's Easter performance of a story called 'Good News from the Grave'...

Jaden had a solo & the girls sang a song with 2 other little boys...they all had speaking parts as well & everyone did great! once again, they made us super proud!!!



Jaden's solo:
24 hours was all Jesus had
with His disciples, He met to break bread
showing His love, He washed their dirty feet
"I have to go now, but you cannot come"
that's what He said when the end had begun
as they left singing, their music was bittersweet

after church, we ran home to change, then went over to Nana & Grandpa's for a cook-out & outside fun!

& of course, we had to have Easter egg hunts! this year, we skipped the candy altogether (since all the kiddos got plenty from Mr. Bunny already!) and loaded the eggs with one dollar bills & quarters...the kiddos loved it!

the men had the job of hiding eggs...

Scooby says "what egg?!" ~lol~

no Joe, no one will ever find that one! ;0)

let the hunting begin!

& u know we couldn't hang out at the grandparent's without riding 4-wheelers & riding the flyers...we had a great time & left with full bellies...it was definitely a fun, blessed day!

& that's not all!

we'd also promised the kiddos a campfire that night...Curtis was off (very rare on a weekend evening) & the weather was perfect!

while we got the fire going, the rugrats tried out their new bubble guns that the Easter Bunny had brought them...

& daddy got some sticks ready for marshmallow roasting ;0)

we made lots of s'mores & relaxed by the fire...

swinging as the sun fell behind the mountains...

the perfect way to end such a fun weekend...