Easter 2011 - Part One

Easter Weekend - How special it is to live close enough to the 3 girls and their families so we can all be together on holiday weekends! We're EXTREMELY lucky!!

Glenn and I headed up Friday night and spent 2 nights at Jessi's home since Jill's were staying over at Jaime's. Since we sleep in the basement, we keep an electric blanket at Jessi's and it's always nice and cozy to jump in that warm bed in the cold basement!!

Glenn and Brad decided to go fishing early Saturday morning - I was treated to one of Jessi's homemade cinnamon rolls - as usual, it was AWESOME!!! We headed over to Evan and Kylan's pre-school which is a Lutheran Church for their breakfast and egg hunt!!

What a nice breakfast they had - pancakes and sausage with cute tables set up with candy filled eggs and coloring books and colors for the kids!! But the big hit was the Easter Bunny!!



The kids climbed right up into his lap for a picture and didn't want to get down!! They kept stroking his hands and ears - it was hilarious!!

Soon it was time for the egg hunt - there were 4000 eggs spread out over the church property - we decided to get a quick picture before the egg hunt started!! This tree was all bloomed out and made for a great backdrop, even though it was cloudy and cold out!!

They did the egg hunt in 3 different sections so the 3 little ones went first and they each picked up a basket full of eggs!! Rayna was next in another part of the property and her bucket was overflowing!! What fun!!
The cold drove us back into our cars as soon as the egg hunt was over! I headed back to Jessi's to get the potato casserole ready for the next day and then stopped at Caribou Coffee before heading over to Jaime's to spend some time with Kylan and Rayna. After playing Chutes and Ladders with Kylan, it was time for his nap so Rayna and I painted - I hadn't painted for years and had a ball painting away!! To Be Cont'd...................