Easter 2015

We had a super fun Easter this year! The kiddos actually let us sleep in until almost 8! We then did Easter baskets and got ready for church.

We had a great service and then headed back to the house to eat a quick lunch and get Easter dinner going. I made sure to take a couple pictures of the kiddos in their Easter outfits. They looked precious, despite the fact that sweet David's tie was WAY too long. :)

One of Alan's sisters and her two boys came down that afternoon to spend some time with us! It's always nice to get to see them - we used to see them more often when we lived closer. Elizabeth and David love their cousins! And I even got some snuggle time with my youngest nephew. Definitely looking forward to baby snuggles soon!

We hunted Easter eggs in the backyard! Which was something that I was afraid wouldn't happen  because we'd had so much rain lately. Then we had a yummy dinner with ham, potatoes, macaroni and cheese, and green beans! 

It's always so fun to get to see family, especially on a special holiday! Can't wait to see my sweet nephews again soon!

Happy Easter!

Alan had Good Friday off, so we headed to Texarkana Thursday evening to spend Easter weekend with my parents and grandparents. We didn't get in until about 11:30, and the kids didn't go to bed until 1-1:30... Gotta love getting a second wind after sleeping in the car. :)

Friday, David got his first "big boy" hair cut, and we went to lunch and out shopping for some meat. Unfortunately, the weekend before our freezer thawed out while we were out of town... It was still locked but for some reason it didn't seal well so we lost EVERYTHING in the freezer. I was soooo upset! Luckily my parents got us some meat so we can slowly begin stocking our freezer again.

Saturday, Alan and my dad headed out to do some work on some land, and Mom, the kids, and I went shopping for Easter shoes! We found some precious ones, and Miss E didn't want to take hers off! My grandparents came over for a yummy steak dinner and we all got ready for Easter morning.

We woke up bright and early Easter morning! We got the kids ready for church then headed to see what the Easter bunny brought the kids.

After church (we went to the early service), we came home, got lunch in the oven, then went to hunt the eggs the Easter bunny left. David's basket is almost as big as he is! ;) They both loved finding the eggs! I wish I could have recorded David's reactions when he found eggs. He made this adorable noise and would start shaking the eggs right away! After a while, instead of putting them in the basket, he'd open them to see what goodies were inside. Elizabeth was a true pro and found so many eggs! Next year will be even more fun when we can really hide them. 

After we hunted eggs outside, we went inside to find a special egg that my grandparents filled! It took a bit more time for the kids to find these, but once they did, they were so excited!

We headed back to College Station after we ate lunch, and the kids napped more than halfway home! Elizabeth woke up once, said something really random, then passed back out again for about 45 minutes. This never happens! All in all, we had a great weekend and look forward to seeing everyone again soon!

Easter 2013

This year Easter was laid back, like most of the year has been so far. On Saturday, we went over to the house Alan and I lived for our first year and a half of marriage to hang out with Todd and Julie, BJ, Michelle, their daughter Brady, and BJ's Mom. We had a yummy brunch and the kiddos got to hunt Easter Eggs. Elizabeth loved it this year! Her favorite was opening up the eggs to see all the goodies inside. 

Love how they're posing almost the same. :)

Ready to hung eggs!

Comparing goodies

Todd and Julie have two ginormous dogs! I knew that Elizabeth loved dogs, but she'd never been around any this size before... I was a little nervous how she would respond to them. I shouldn't have been, though! She loved them and wanted to be next to them all the time!

Elizabeth and Sundance

The boys and their girls!

Easter Sunday we went to church to celebrate Jesus' Resurrection. Elizabeth truly loves going to church now and it makes my heart happy to see how she just goes into the classroom with no fussing! Central truly feels like home, and we've only been back a couple times. :)

Kisses

Love this one!