Easter Weekend

Celebrating Easter was a fitting end to our week of Spring break. I loved every minute of our weekend. We had so much fun, but managed to throw in some relaxation. Saturday we had a lovely Easter lunch and an Easter egg hunt for the kids with our friends. It is kind of a tradition we had with our family friends, the Green's, growing up. I really enjoyed our afternoon. It was low key and I was so happy that the rain held off long enough for us to hunt eggs outside in the yard. Weston was a pro at egg hunting, but was also very sweet about sharing. Once I told him he had enough he would give all the eggs to found to Davin or Kate. I think there were plenty to go around though. We went a little overboard and hid over 100 eggs for just the three kiddos. :)






After counting and opening all the eggs we were all a little tired. The Bayles' headed home for nap time and we spent the rest of the afternoon resting and dying eggs. Weston and I watched the first half of The Testaments before I started dinner. It was really neat watching it with my 5 year old. He had question after question about what was happening and I was glad that I could explain it all to him. He is such a sponge, and probably will remember most of what he saw and heard.
We had a nice meal of grilled pork chops, mashed potatoes and gravy, and grilled zucchini. Everyone went to bed early since the boys didn't have naps and I had woken up with the start of a cold. The Easter bunny hid the kids' baskets as per tradition, so when the boys woke up they immediately started looking for them. Weston found his faster than I expected him to. I can't believe that I forgot to take pics of their baskets before I hid them, but they were a big success. I was really happy with the things I got for the boys. They each got a couple books, a couple movies, a shovel/rake set, some new character socks, chocolate bunnies, candy, and a pet. Weston's was a Webkinz puppy (now named Max) and Davin's was a Zhu Zhu Pet (named Zhu Zhu). Talia was pretty oblivious, but she got a new bathing suit (thanks Grandma B!) and pink baby sunglasses in her basket.
Amazingly enough we managed to all get ready for church in time for a few photos beforehand. We decided to do them inside since I didn't want to put Talia in the wet/muddy grass in her white dress. The kids all looked adorable, but I have to admit I was extra excited to have a new Easter dress for Talia. Grandma Denny bought her Easter dress for her a couple months ago and I have been patiently waiting to put it on her until this weekend. She looked ultra adorable in it (if I do say so myself). What fun dressing up a girl is!
And how lucky am I to get to spend my days with this handsome duo?!?
We didn't have time for a proper photo shoot of just Talia, but here are a couple more of her in her dress after church.

We had a very nice time at church (if you ignore the last 20 minutes of Sacrament meeting when Talia was crying and the boys were being less than reverent while I bounced her in the back of the chapel which led to Davin having a quick time out in the foyer). Ian and I sang with the choir, and I enjoyed what I was able to hear of the talks. After church Davin napped and Weston and I finished watching The Testaments. At the end when Jesus comes to visit the Nephites Weston leaned over to me and said, "I wish I was there." Me too. I told him that Jesus will come again and we might be here when it happens so we need to be ready. It was really a special teaching moment.

We were lucky enough to enjoy a delicious Easter ham dinner with our bishop and his family last night. Seriously, it was all my favorite things: ham, cheesy potatoes, green bean casserole, grated carrots, rolls, and pomegranate 7-up. I have to admit it was nice not having to do the clean up from a big meal too. I thoroughly enjoyed this year's Easter weekend. I hope you did too!