The Best Easter

This was Paige's second Easter. Last year on Easter, we took her to church for the first time. Then we left for Asia the next day. It was a little crazy.

Here she is last year in her Easter basket:

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I can't imagine what she'll look like next year in it!

Saturday morning we dyed eggs. My family dyes eggs every year. Even when my sister and I were in high school, college, and not married, we still dyed eggs with my parents. 

Paige decided tasting the eggs is better than coloring them.

Just precious.

My dad, Daniel, and I all dyed eggs too. Daniel practiced his Chinese.

After Paige's afternoon nap, she got her basket. She got bubbles, clothes, books, and candy for Mama.

After lunch, Paige hunted eggs!

Paige didn't really understand the concept of putting the eggs in the basket. She was just excited that they made noise. So she would pick one up and just shake it.

I've realized that holidays with kids, is so much more fun. Even though she doesn't really have a clue about what is going on yet, it's so fun to see her experience it and i'm looking forward to next year! i'm looking forward to doing Resurrection eggs with her too.

We had beautiful weather all weekend, just perfect for Easter!

Cuddling with Daddy.

Sunday morning was amazing! Daniel and I haven't been able to attend a regular worship service in a while-we've been helping out with another ministry in Oklahoma. So it was extra special to be in church and sing and worship with everyone.

Paige with Gogo and Papa, in her jammies.

Family pic!

Look!!! we match!!!!

I love her little duck face!!

I could die over her cuteness. Look at this face!!

After church we went to a friends house for lunch. They had a little egg hunt for the kids. Paige was by far the littlest and still needed a little help.

It was a wonderful day, and we were so happy to be able to spend it with family again this year. Hope everyone had a great Easter!

love

laura

Paige's first Easter

In the chaos of coming back to EA, I completely forgot to post the Easter recap.

Easter Sunday was our last day in the States, so it was pretty crazy busy. We tried to take a few family pics, but as you know, getting a newborn to cooperate isn't easy.

Here she is with her Easter basket that my mom made. She also got a lifetime supply of gas drops and a rubber ducky, but those were already packed by the time I remembered to take a pic.

We went to church and this is how Paige felt about it.

I just found this pic and love our faces!

This wasn't Easter, but it's still fun!

I'm excited for Paige's next Easter-maybe we'll dye eggs!

love 

laura

A Texas Easter

Ok! So......let's just say that i have over 200 pics from this weekend. Most likely, other than Sarah, you probably don't care to see 200 pics of my nephews dying eggs. i'll try and narrow it down....

We left Friday afternoon and headed to Ft. Worth to my parents house. Sarah and the boys were already there; Mike had to work :(
We got there and immediately ate Papa John's...YUM! we've never ordered pizza as a married couple bc we always make our own. our homemade pizza is good, but Papa John's...delish!!!!

Grant, who's 3 now, wanted to make a Transformer Easter bunny cake. Since my mom didn't have the stuff to make that (shocking right?), they made a regular Easter cake, with Grant & Ethan's name on it.

p.s. my mom knows how to decorate a cake. she can do almost anything...

Then the madness started. We started dying eggs with a 3 and a 1 year old.....

Before:

After:

Here are a few pics during....ummmm Ethan got a little crazy and had red hands for a few days...

Grant:

my fave from this weekend-Grant on Saturday morning! SOOOO cute!!!!

oh yeah, we dyed eggs on Friday, the 'easter bunny' came on Saturday.

THEN...Sarah took Daniel and I to the gym and tried to kill us. not really, she didn't yell. but she pushed us for sure. she taught us a lot of cool stuff that we hadn't done before, and can i just say my abs are still killing me!! thanks Sarah!!

Here is a quick recap of the weekend:

we had so much fun just hanging out with the fam and relax. Daniel played leggos with Grant the ENTIRE time!! They made airplanes and flew them all over the house. Daniel's great with kids; it was so much fun to watch them.
Ethan is driven by food, so wherever food was, Ethan was there. We had a big Easter dinner on Saturday-ham, potatoes, green bean casserole, and rolls!! yum yum yum

Then Sunday we went to church then headed home. I reallllllly wanted to go to the Gap outlet on the way back, but it was closed. grrr! i mean, stores are open on Christmas, really?


Back to work on Monday, and also got a haircut. Now, i'm going to play my snob card here. I don't like my haircut and have decided i'll just drive to Dallas when i need to get it cut. I have an amazing lady there who has been doing it for a few years, and has yet to ever let me walk out her door not looking great.
i wish i could say the same for the new lady here....and i refuse to keep trying to find someone and take a chance. so haircuts in Dallas from now on!!!

that's my 'quick' recap, if you want more pics, just let me know :)

hope everyone had a wonderful Easter!!!!!

love
laura