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And Then It was Easter

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Our Easter was pretty chill this year, but good.  Before the actual holiday, we had an Easter egg hunt with Danny's sister, Mary, and her kids.  Mary even assigned each of us a color and we had to find all the eggs of that color.  My kid at heart was pretty excited.

Showing off our Easter goods!
On the Easter Sunday we woke up to a surprise from the Easter Bunny.  Last year we were super cute and put Easter baskets together for each other.  This year, the Easter Bunny brought socks, which is cool too.
That sneaky Easter Bunny!
We went church and were reminded of the true meaning of Easter, our Savior.  We tried to teach the kiddos in our Primary class about the resurrection.  Tried is the key word there.  Primary on a holiday is a bad idea.  Imagine a half of dozen kids hyped up on sugar at 9 in the morning.  We also had that horrible moment when one of the kids announced the "truth" about the Easter Bunny and Santa Claus. This was something some of the other kids weren't aware of.  A nap was needed after church, big time.

In the evening we went to my parents' house for Easter dinner.  Oh my goodness, I was so full.  I've got some gourmet cooks in my family.  My dad hid a hundred mini chocolate eggs in the basement for the nephews...and his excitable children (i.e. Me and Noelle).  That was a tradition in my household growing up.  So many chocolate eggs in shiny, pastel colored foil.  We would find those treasures sometimes in July.  

Easter egg hunt craziness!
Digging in
All Master M wanted to do was play with the toy cars and trucks.
We then had a family birthday party for Joel and me.  Joel is my birthday buddy we were born 3 days apart (plus 6 years). There were presents, there was cake!  I just love birthdays.

Opening presents!
Dr. C our little entertainer.
Blowing out the candles.
The amazing carrot cake made by my lovely
sis-in-law Katie.  She's got a gift for making desserts.

Danny and I holding hands and holding bunnies, because that's what
you do on Easter.  And yes, I did buy a new skirt for Easter.
THE END.
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  1. ErinApril 15, 2012 at 4:04 PM

    That is a really cute skirt and the cake looks so amazing!

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  2. grammawoodApril 16, 2012 at 11:58 AM

    Wow! Your sister-in-law is certainly talented. That is a beautiful cake! You and Danny look so cute holding hands together. I like your skirt; is the top new too? (And I surely empathize about Primary on certain days!)

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