Easter Sunday

We did the usual for Easter this year. We started the morning with church and an egg hunt at my mom's church. This was the third time I did my hair and make-up since Vesper's birth. That almost averages out to once per week--pretty good, eh?!

There were no matching/coordinating outfits this year and no Easter baskets. Gma saved the day by bringing some for the hunt. And getting a little something for each of us in our Easter basket.

Theo took a few breaks from hunting to play on the playground. There were SO many eggs out that even with the breaks, the kid still had tons in his basket.

Our whole gang!

After church and naps, we headed to Castlewood for an early dinner. The food was amazing and I definitely stuffed my face with it. And made sure to help W with his red wine. ;)

We also got a few generational pictures...including one with my Grandma and Vesper's Great Grandma {Dad's mom}.

Vesper did a lot of napping as she was passed around.

A wonderfully relaxing Easter with good food and good peeps! 

Easter Weekend {a wee bit late}

Our Easter weekend was FULL. We met with our Life Group on Saturday night and got the boys to bed late. Then we had church, naps and our Easter feast at my parents. Needless to say, that Monday was pretty much a crank fest although I was surprisingly productive. Don't know how that happened. 

I didn't get any family pictures on Sunday which I'm totally bummed about. But the boys were already going off less sleep and I had to wake E from his nap to get to my parents' in time. I'll just say that they looked incredibly cute in their matching green ties. 

I did, however, get some pictures of our table. I volunteered to set the table this year. I stuck with yellow, blue, white and gray. A fun little perk to not hosting the dinner...having the time for the fluff stuff. :)

 For the favors, I put caramel-filled Cadbury eggs atop felt nests with the plastic grass. I put them inside strawberry baskets and put a name tag {that I cut with the cricut} and tied with twine.

The food was amazing. I made sure to stuff my face with it. Most, if not all, the recipes came from pinterest this year. It did not disappoint. The dessert was a Peep cake that my mom made.

Our family is definitely "out of shape" when it comes to busy weekends. But we enjoyed the time with family as we celebrated Christ and his sacrifice of atonement.

Easter Eggs

We dyed eggs yesterday! It was our very first time together and I definitely had to brush up on my dying skills. Because it's seriously been like, what, 18 years or something?! Nothing a few helpful texts couldn't solve. :)

Instead of boiling the eggs, I baked them. 25 minutes at 325 degrees. Worked effortlessly. 

Ezra was definitely not born with the gift of gentleness. This fact presented a bit of a challenge when dropping the eggs into the jars. I tried really really hard to let him do much of the leg-work but did some intervening from time to time.

 We did exactly a dozen; two of each beautiful color.

There was one casualty that just couldn't be ignored or put back with the others for the matter. I think he planned that.