Happy Easter!

Isn't this the most AWESOME picture! It seriously cracks me up! I laugh myself to tears every time I look at it.

I guess it is about time that I got around to posting all of our Easter adventures. I love Easter because it reminds us of the Resurrection and the rebirth of everything. I love watching the flowers come out and seeing the sun a little bit more. This year was no exception. McCarrey and I started early doing little Easter projects with Kennedy- and trying to help her understand the real reason of Easter- and not just the kid themed parts. We did plenty of that too though- so I think we got a pretty good balance. I have a DVD of the old clay-mation movie of the Easter Bunny and it is narrated by Fred Astaire. In it- Fred Astaire's clay figure does some classic dance moves and it absolutely delights me. I am almost embarrassed to admit that I just took crazy delight out of watching this stupid clay figure leap and spin around. Needless to say- Kenna has watched it around 500 times this month, so I will probably be set until next Easter rolls around.

Neil and Annie made a spur of the moments visit this month- YAY!! We had so much fun! We took the kids to the Children's Museum and to Kangaroo Zoo- which they LOVED, and all of us went out to eat at Teppanyaki...which I loved. I was so glad that they came down because we have missed them like crazy and I was excited for them to meet Elijah.

Oh my goodness he is SO SWEET!

We decorated Easter eggs on Friday and it was a grand and glorious MESS! Every egg was covered in dye, paint, glue, glitter, beads, stickers, and all sorts of goop. Bleh. Definitely not the kind of Easter eggs that you decide to peel and eat later. But the kids all loved making them. And I enjoyed watching them. We made a complete mess of the kitchen- but all in all it was great. It all started out as nice clean fun...and got messier...and messier until we were all covered in slimy goo. But it was so fun.

Our finished products...does it make you want to crack one and eat it right now?! Yup...me neither.

On Saturday we had an Easter Egg Hunt and potluck with some friends. It was kind of sad because we got rained out and ended up having to party in the church cultural hall instead of outside in the yard. But I think it was great anyway. The kids seemed to really have fun together and it was nice to hang out with friends. We are so lucky to be in such a great area with lots of fun couples and cute kids for Kenna and Elijah to team up with!

I love this picture of Mac and Zar with the kids. LOVE the bunny ears- so cute!

Kennedy picking up her treats at the Egg Hunt.

Elijah hanging out with his two bestest home-girls. What a stud he is. They were a little two young to join in the hunt- but they were sure sweet hanging together. After the hunt we teamed up with Erin, Zar, Katie and Alex for a night of Rockband. How much better does it get?! All in all- we had a great Easter with lots of family, friends and fun.