Easter Festivities

Let me just start off by warning you that this post is LONG.  If you don't have a couple minutes, close the window and come back later :)  Holidays in our family do not last a day.  No, they last at least a couple days, and usually even longer than that!  Easter this year was 3 days long.  Yes, that's right.  I'll take you through the timeline...

We started on Friday with some Easter egg dying.  Dinosaur eggs to be exact.  The boys had a great time, and I think they turned out really cute!

The next morning, we woke up to find our Easter bunny had come! (He comes a day early for us because we're not home on Easter morning)

That sneaky bunny had some pretty good hiding places!

"Candy before breakfast?!  Are you serious?"
(Scott calls Peeps "mashmows")

 Saturday afternoon we headed to MamMam and Paw's house.  We went straight to the park and beach to enjoy the gorgeous weather (which finally decided to grace us with its presence and even stuck around for the rest of the weekend!)

We enjoyed dinner and family time Saturday night, and woke up bright and early for the sunrise service at the beach.  It was a perfect morning with a gorgeous sunrise, a big cruise ship going by, and no winter coats needed!

Then, we all headed back to the house for an egg and basket hunt.  All the cousins had a great time as always! (Have I mentioned there are 7 cousins, ages 7 and under? - talk about fun!)

After that, we came home and took some rests before getting dressed in our Easter clothes and heading to Nana and Pop's house for dinner.

Like how Scott's tongue matches his shirt?  Definitely planned ;)
Or just thanks to one of the MANY pieces of candy they had this weekend!

We started off with an egg hunt just like my grandmother used to have for us.  All the grandkids get a different color egg, and all the eggs have a little money in them. 

Even Liam had some eggs!

Finally, we found the last of three Easter baskets.  They were chock full of goodies. 


Dinner was so good, and we were so lucky to have a big part of our family with us.  Conner and Scott got spoiled by a couple more Easter bunnies, ate some more sweets, and had a blast with aunts, uncles, cousins, great-aunts and uncles, and grandparents.

This was truly a wonderful Easter, but phew!  I think I'm still recovering, and I KNOW the boys are!