Easter

Needless to say, but since I've been sick all week, I am just now posting Easter pictures from last weekend.
We tried out the local Easter egg hunt on Saturday...and after that, we agreed on one thing (although I know we can provide lots more commentary on that): we won't do that again. It was like we were being corralled like animals and given a countdown to be released into the park for a 2 minute frenzy of kids greedily grabbing at every egg they could get their hands on. Very few seemed to abide by the "5 egg limit" rule. (Not that they were egg-stra special eggs, just a plastic ones with one piece of cheap chocolate.) And if a child got fewer than 5 eggs, it was probably because all the bigger kids gotten them already. Thankfully, at least our little cub had her daddy's help, so she brought all of 2 eggs back with her. And after our tardiness of missing the 1-5 age group (we were just a few minutes late...that shows how quickly it was over), it was just not worth it...except for the cute pictures she got with the Easter bunny. We will definitely be doing our own hunt next year! (OK, so maybe that was a little more commentary than was needed!)

On Sunday, we had a nice packed church service, and then went home. No Easter plans. It felt kind of awkward at first, thinking we should be doing something, but then it was nice to not be driving somewhere (we contemplated visiting my dad who was without a wife for Easter--she is in Minnesota helping Kelsey and Ryan with their new baby, Samuel)...or going for a hike...but we just needed to NOT do something and rest. We were both glad that was what we did. Nothing....other than enjoying the day.

Aren't the kids cute in their Easter outfits?