easter

Our Easter was f a b u l o u s. I am reminded every year how much I love this holiday. I love thinking about my Savior and the wonderful sacrifice He made for us and for the wonderful gift of the Atonement. And I have to admit that I love the commercialized part of the holiday, too. I love the Easter Bunny, easter egg hunts, easter baskets filled with yummy easter candy. I love it all. And having a kiddo around makes it even more fun. I think next year will be the year that he starts to understand a little bit more.



First of all, the weather was p e r f e c t. No wind. Perfect temperature. It was heavenly. The best part was that we spent the afternoon & evening outside in my parent's backyard with family and friends.



We ate outside - my mom always sets a beautiful table with fresh flowers. We had my immediate family (minus the Thompsons who were in Yuma - we missed you guys), Aunt Kara & Uncle Allan, Uncle Jerry & Halene, Gerry & Marilyn Earl & the Sam/Anya Earl family (life-long family friends) over for dinner. It was great to sit and chat over yummy food.

{i handed nate a cupcake for dessert to see what he'd do with it. he looked at me like he did at his first birthday party - really, mom? i can eat this?" he only wanted the frosting this time.}





Nate had an absolute blast with Noah and Ikey Earl. They were so nice to him and totally played with him which is quite impressive for a 4 year old and a 3 year old! It pretty much looked like this all evening - Noah leading the way with Ikey & Nate right behind him. They played on the slide, in the rocks & in the tunnels until it was time for the Easter Egg Hunt.





We moved to the front yard for the egg hunt. Noah and Ike were all about finding the eggs. Nate was too, at first. Then he realized that there was candy in the eggs and he plopped down in the middle of the grass and started opening all of his eggs and eating the candy as fast as he could. It was pretty funny. My mom put a small ball in each of the boys easter buckets and they threw them in the front yard for a l o n g time. Nate loved playing with two big boys.




I think this picture pretty much sums up the day!