EASTER IS HERE

Welcome back Easter! 

I am so happy to see you!!!

Let's celebrate.

Thursday morning our good friend Wendy and her little girl Hadley hosted a little Easter egg hunt for the playgroup kiddos.  The girls were all over that!  They did not need told at all what to do, and they also could not have been happier.  I didn't know we had such enthusiastic egg hunters, but they came home with quit a haul.

Now this is the picture of happiness right here - sitting in the sunshine, checking out a basket of goody-filled eggs, with two suckers stuck in your mouth.  Bliss.

Brinlee was the oldest there.  When ALL of the friends are together that's not the case.  But when it is, Brinlee sure doesn't mind.  That little sweetie loves all the babies!

We are so grateful for all of our fun little friends! 

Hadley shared her tree swing, and it was probably the highlight of the party!

On Saturday morning the girls woke up to a visit from the Easter Bunny! Brinlee was most excited about the paints, but McKenna couldn't get her little mind wrapped around the whole idea.
"The Easter Bunnies brought new chalk? And new paints? She did?? OK!"  I love that for Mckenna, the Easter Bunny is not only plural, but a girl!  :) She is such a cute little talker.

Easter lovies with these two angels.

The Easter Bunnies had no idea how wise she was to bring these.  Hours of very quiet (and surprisingly not too messy!) entertainment!

Daddy was busy getting ready for a big test.  Bummer.  But us ladies still enjoyed a few festivities.  What's Easter without a little egg dyeing and decorating, right? And we only spilled once! I would call that a success.

This happened.

The meltdown was just irritating at first.  I mean honestly, we were coloring eggs!! Can't fun family time just be fun? I used my firm mommy voice, and snapped a few pictures....
and then felt really bad when the poor girl calmed down enough to tell me her ear was hurting.  Turns out she was running a pretty rough fever and had a little ear infection.  Whoops.

Brinlee on the other hand felt fine and was happy as a clam!

Doing Resurrection Rolls with these two never gets old.  Their little faces when they find the "tomb" empty are priceless and so sweet! (and might even bring a tear or two to this mama's eye)

Easter Sunday was perfect!  Mckenna and I actually missed church.  Her little ear ache and fever kept us home.  So her Easter dress this year was a very fancy combination of her favorite jammies.
But it was a beautiful day, and we did enjoy some sunshine.

Brinlee and daddy went to church though, and Brinlee looked darling in her new flower dress!

For dinner we did daddy's tradition favorite, creamed eggs on toast. Brinlee decorated us some Easter plates... and that (and the orange juice) was the only part of the meal the girls liked.

So creamed eggs on toast may not yet be a family favorite for all of us.

But these girls' hugs are definitely a favorite!

A little while ago I asked Brinlee what her favorite scripture story is, and she said "My favorite is when Jesus died on the cross and was resurrected after three days.  That's really special, know why mom? Because that means we can be a family forever. And that is so special! I just love Jesus so much!"

First of all, talk about melting my little heart into a complete puddle!

It turns out Brinlee's favorite scripture story is my very favorite too, and the most important message of all time.  Because of everything Jesus Christ is, I can become more than I am, and I can have these knuckleheads as mine forever.  And I love that! 

I love Jesus Christ, and am so grateful for his gift of love for all of us!

Happy Easter!