Bloggers Block or Slacking?

Well, I have either had bloggers block or have just been too tired and busy to actually blog. I know...slacker. So, I'm just now getting around to posting our Easter pics.

The Saturday before Easter we dyed Easter eggs. I always loved doing this as a kid and want my kids to enjoy it too. They have so much fun!

Getting ready...


I have to get one with the kids in it....






Our finished eggs. I boiled about 17 but several cracked so we used what we had. And I'm not one of those people that thinks the dye is harmful. I grew up eating our dyed boiled eggs at Easter and I turned out just fine so I'll continue the tradition with my kids. Soo, we had "speckled" deviled eggs and I used the rest in my potato salad.


Easter morning started out with YUMMY M&M's pancakes!



David and I also decided when we started having kids that we wanted the main focus of Easter to be about Jesus and what He did for us on the cross, so the kids don't get their Easter baskets until after church. We also have decided to scale back on things in regards to holidays because we have gotten so tired of all of the commercialization of every holiday, plus it's almost a waste of money in some cases.

Bud already had attacked his basket by the time I snapped this picture.




The kids also kept asking me about the "Easter Bunny" and I finally told them that mommy and daddy were the Easter bunny. I have always told them that Santa and the Easter bunny were just the fun part of those holidays but that the real reason we celebrate those holidays is because of Jesus' birth, death and resurrection. I don't know if they have put two and two together about Santa yet. We'll see.

We tried to get some family pictures after church...here's what we ended up with.

Take one...


Take two...would have been a good picture if Meggy's hair wasn't in her face.


Take three...oh well, we tried.


My cutie-patooties!


Dee-deed and the babies. Can you tell they were tired of taking pictures?


My handsome hubby!


We took one outside and then decided to try another one inside. Silly twin girls...we know!




While I was inside getting lunch ready, David went outside and hid some Easter eggs for the kids to find.











All in all it was a fun day just relaxing and remembering what our Savior did for us.

I also want to say Congratulations to my friend Melissa, and her husband Steve on the birth of their little girl, Karlyn.



Gracie holding her new baby sister.


Sweet little Karlyn! She was so little!