Unlike Glenn and Cindy we were never able to get a picture of the kids all dressed up. But we still had a great time.
We colored the eggs on Saturday.
Then the kids woke up to Easter Baskets.
Later on Sunday we had 13 kids and 8 adults over for Easter Dinner and the Easter Egg Hunt.
It was a little crazy.
Of course the Dad's captured it all on film.
And the kids were happy with their loot.
Oh yeah and we actually went to Church which is the whole point isn't it?
Today the door bell rang
& this is what was given to me.
When I unwrapped it-
This is what it looked like!
Yummy!! And YES, it tastes wonderful, fresh & sweet!
A fruit bouquet from the
Gang in Texas!!
THANKS!!
Look at Melissa's Blog to see what
else I got. Not only did it look
sensational but the cake tasted that way too!
THANKS!
Behind our house we have a wonderful canyon, complete with a stream, deer, coyote, etc.
With all the recent rains we also have Vernal Pools. Basically muddy pools of water. But we got enough rain this year to bring the frogs out.
So these pools were full of tadpoles.
We got our tadpole hunting gear, a cup and plastic bag.
and caught us some tadpoles
That night Garrett exclaimed it was the best day ever. He explained it this way.
"Dad that was so cool catching a pet. We should never buy a pet, just catch them. I love that"
Me: Thomas, let's go downstairs
Thomas: Mom, Russ wants to come too
Me: Thomas, you know that Russ isn't real, right?
Thomas: oh yes, yes, Russ not real Mom
Thomas: (turning to the wall) Russ, you're not real. You're not real Russ. K, let's go
Every once in awhile this whole sleep deprivation thing really catches up to me, like this morning. Breakfast was all cleaned up, everyone was dressed and we were ready to go hit Costco when all of a sudden I felt like I was going to pass out from fatigue (that's what consecutive interrupted sleep will do to me). I put Emerson down for a nap and told Thomas that I needed a nap too and to be good and play in his room. I swear I was only out for 30 minutes and this is what I woke up to. Thomas had moved the rugs in the kitchen, scooted a chair to the fridge and taken down my dinner calender dry-erase board... and dry-erase marker. By the way, yes, it is "dry-erase" but no, it doesn't come off as easily as you'd think.
