He Has Risen - He Has Risen Indeed!

BRRR - after that nice rain we had the day before, I was expecting warmer temps in the morning but the ground was nice and wet and crispy from the rain!!  But soon the sun came out in all its' glory and the day was gorgeous!!

 

It was chilly at our first attempt at pictures but we managed!!

 

Off to church for a wonderful service where Gary met us - the church was packed but luckily we did get seats in the main sanctuary!  I really enjoy singing those wonderful Easter songs!

The ham cooked while we were at church and soon the hash brown casserole was done and we were eating a great lunch!!  Of course the kids were very excited about their Easter baskets from the Easter bunny!!

We missed having Rayna here to hide the eggs!!  So the guys hid them in the yard while we cleaned the kitchen - we offered to switch jobs with them but they didn't take us up on that!!

The kids had fun doing the hunt and it's so neat to watch them run around the yard, picking up the eggs!!

This picture was taken at church in the bright bright sun and somehow we never got another one taken back at Jill's house!!

Don't they look cute with their full Easter baskets?

But I think they had just as much fun emptying the eggs!!  We made a list of things for "next year" and one of the things written down was NOT to put chocolate in the eggs - it had already started to melt in the sun!

Jessi had fixed a yummy dessert that we all ate in the afternoon - I don't remember the name of it but it was rich and decadent!!!

All good things come to an end though and soon it was time to pack up and hit the road for the 3 hour drive home - the traffic wasn't bad so there was time to even unpack when we got home and do a couple loads of laundry!  Another wonderful Easter with family - and next year we'll make sure Jaime isn't working!!