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Showing posts with label Easter. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Easter. Show all posts

Thursday, April 28, 2011

Easter

We had a lovely Easter Weekend. We started out with coloring eggs on Saturday night...

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Only at my house...where every holiday has a spooky twist...
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Our very own "egg-o-lantern"

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Easter morning came entirely too early for my tastes, especially since I've come to enjoy sleeping in on Sunday's this year.

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Cole herded the kids into the basement, then came to wake me up.
The kids headed straight for their baskets...
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Then we had a fun Easter Egg Hunt...
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As usual, the egg hunt took about 5 seconds, but it was fun while it lasted. Talia had the most fun...every egg she found was thrilling, and she was so cute! After the hunt, it was right back to the baskets...
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Besides the candy, Talia got Littlest Pet Shop pets and Squinkies, and the boys each got a new DS game...

The kids sat down for breakfast and I went back to bed for a little bit. When I got up, I decorated the cake I made for Easter dessert...
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And, of course, I tortured my Family for some Easter pictures :)
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We enjoyed Easter dinner with Cole's family.
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My FAVORITE standing rib roast, with salads and rolls.

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(my nephew Hunter is a bit of a spaz...)
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Dani...
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The kids all enjoyed playing Just Dance on the Wii....
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Mmm...cake!
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After hanging out awhile, we headed over to visit my parents. The kids had a little egg hunt there, and we got to see my sister and her family for a little while, which was fun. It was really a fun Easter!

Thursday, April 15, 2010

Working Backwards....

April 11th-12th

Talia finally got to open her last birthday present...from Grandma and Grandpa.

She loves it!!!!
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April l0th

Today was our first Lagoon outing as a family this year. It was actually warmer than we expected it to be, and we had a great few hours at the park!
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April 8th
The kids finally got to meet their new cousin Danielle!

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Also, I bought Talia her first "lips"...a Cotton Candy flavored LipSmacker...she was so excited, and loves it!
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She's actually pretty good at applying it, and has been really good not to put it on anything else!

April 5th
This was the last day of spring break. I worked the 3 days prior, so I was tired. My mom called in the morning, and said that she and my brother's family were going to go to lunch at the Pizza Factory, and then bowling at Fat Cats. She wanted to take my kids, but I didn't want to miss the fun, so I went too! I was exhausted by the end, but we had such a good time, it was worth it. Plus, my sister drove up from SLC to join us!
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April 2nd/5th
And then of course, Easter. Since I had the unfortunate circumstance to be scheduled all 3 days of Easter weekend (Fri, Sat, and Sun), we dyed eggs Friday morning before I left for work. It went very smoothly this year...it's nice all the kids are old enough now to understand what careful means. It was really fun and low key...
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Cole woke me Sunday morning when the kids got up. We had a wild, frantic easter egg hunt (which means I didn't get many pictures, but at least I tried). The kids loved their "loot". Then, I went back to bed.....

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They got Candy, small toys, and socks and underwear from the Easter bunny. Grandma came through with more candy, summer clothes, and swimsuits!

It's been a good couple of weeks. Now that I'm all caught up, I don't feel so daunted by the task of actually catching up. Oh, and my phone's fixed now too :).