Happy Easter

This Easter Ryan and I didn't do a very good job planning things out.  I think it was because Easter came ridiculously early this year.   So our children didn't receive Easter baskets and they survived.  It was kind of nice not to worry about it, mostly because we forgot.  Luckily grandparents didn't forget Easter.  We received fun packages from both sets.  Thank you!  

This was a hard project for one little boy.  He is not the most patient person and thought dying the eggs was sooo boring.  

These three enjoyed the festivities though.

 Hannah spent her time attacking the bag of jelly beans.

 Ryan got very creative with his eggs to help Jack get a bit more excited about the whole thing.  Ryan made a pirate Jack egg.  Super fun.  Unfortunately I only have video of the finished project and I don't know how to load video on here without Ryan's help.

 After Hannah lost the battle with the bag of jelly beans she hung out in the bouncer by us.

 Grandma Hylton sent this little paint set for Kaitlynn.  I don't know if Kaitlynn ever did an egg.  She was very absorbed with this project.

 Eventually Jack got into the decorating spirit.

 Proud of her work.

 Olivia didn't need any persuasion.  She loved making a mess, which is why she lost her shirt privileges.

 Her hands looked like this for a few days.

 A very bright Easter Bunny.

After we cleaned up the kitchen we went to bed without realizing that neither of us had put the colored in the fridge. They had just been left on the drying rack. So sad to throw away a carton of eggs!  Fail.

 Easter Sunday was nice. The meaning of Easter was a little overshadowed for me this year because I was released from my calling as Primary President.  I have been in primary since we very first moved here.  It was my last time being with the children in that role.  I still feel a little emotional about it but, I am excited for a new calling.  I have to admit I was sad to hear camp director was taken.  So would have loved that one!  Also compassionate service leader.  Oh well as long as I am not the new Gospel Doctrine teacher or Webloes leader I will be just fine.  

 Enjoying the spoils of the hunt.

 We did a hunt with some friends in the neighborhood but to keep it fair since there was a huge discrepancy in age, each child was only allowed ten eggs.  This also helped in limiting the amount of candy they could get.  Olivia is getting really good at counting but you may notice that she only collected nine instead of ten.  Her mean parents decided not to correct the mistake.

 Bright sun.

 Happy Hannah.  The poor thing really struggles with a rashy face.  She is like her momma and drools a lot!  It's hard to keep her face dry.

 Love me a little boy in shorts and boots on the wrong feet!

 This is the best of a million pictures I tried to take of these three friends.

 This picture cracks me up.  I guess Ryan took a picture right as Ansley and I were talking about our skirts and showing off our waistbands.