Sunday, April 24, 2011

Celebrating Easter

Jeff and I filled our Easter Sunday to the MAX!

We got up early and at a yummy breakfast of machaca burritos and “attended church” from our couch while live streaming the service.  Uh, love this! 

After letting our food settle, we went on a 3.1 mile run.  We ran more than we walked and my legs are feeling it.  Easter 5k, done and done!

After running, we got dolled up and headed over to my grandparents for some Easter linner (lunch/dinner).  The nieces dressed up and looked so cute!

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Look who also came with us! 

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We let them open their baskets and they got so excited.  Some of their Reese’s eggs immediately went missing.  *cough* Daniel *cough*

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Noellie went straight for the food and tried her best to open it. 

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Soon after, lunch was served.  We had ham, potato salad, macaroni salad, zucchini and corn and roles.  Sooo good.  Noellie was having a teething day so Danny and Shannon tried to distract her. 

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We went outside so the girls could play with the kites Shannon bought them.  I hated those dumb things.  They were more of a pain then functional but the girls lurved them. 

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The daring duo:  Hey Hey and Ka.

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Where one goes, the other follows. 

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After untangling those darn kites multiple times, Vanessa (thank the Lord we have an elementary school teacher in our family) brought out a parachute to entertain the kiddos. 

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The object of the game was to keep the 2 balls on the parachute. 

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At one point Chloe saw the balls and tried to climb on the parachute to get them.  Poor Vanessa was the closest one to try to shoo her off. 

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After a while the girlies decided running under the parachute was more fun. 

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Love Hailey’s face!!

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Noellie watched from the sidelines, she’s way more mature than her cousins & sis.

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We then ushered in the kiddies so the egg hunt could get started.  Once the eggs were securely hidden, we let everyone out. 

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Even Chloe got in on the search!  Go fur daughter, find some eggs. 

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Paige found the mother-load egg!

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And of course, no Easter celebration is complete without confetti eggs!

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Nana got both Crystal and Chad. 

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Even Chloe got in on the fun. 

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Crystal got hit again!  This time by Shannon.  LOL, she was showing Shannon what happens when she gets hit. 

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Chloe is now knocked out on the couch.  Snoring! 

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