Easter Day...

The night before Easter

Jon and I stayed up late to make sure everything

was perfect for Easter day.

We even laid the good Easter clothes

out in piles on the foot stool in our room

just to make the morning go smoother.

But even with all our extra prep,

we still managed to be late.

We were literally running out the door as

Jon slipped into his good shirt...

in fact we got there so late,

we had to sit in the

very. front. row!

Thankfully the kids sat great...

Elsie is always good,

James is still learning...and boy, can be a

slow learner sometimes!

Angelina does good too...

most of the time she just people watches...

occasionally she needs to nurse for a few

minutes, but at least she never cries!

~

After Church we attempted

{and failed}

to get some pictures of the kids.

And we had to get some of

Angelina with her basket since

it was her very first Easter!

The night before Easter,

Elsie was able to stay up late 

so we could put some rags in her hair...

she wanted very curly hair for Easter!

Such cute sisters...

even if Angelina was about to fall asleep!

James loves to dress up in his

"fancy" clothes...

his fancy clothes pretty much consist of any

top with a tie or bow tie.

and spiky hair!

He wanted to dye his hair Easter looking,

but we convinced him just

spiky hair was good enough!

Our family on Easter...

Love this picture!

Sisters

{and James!}

3 were missing though.

Ana was home in Blue Earth

Jessica was on her way over

and Lisa was in NYC on a school trip.

{and my mom, she took the pix!}

My babies and me...

We are all just a little crazy.

But very fun!

{I don't like this pix of me though...

is it just me,

or does my hair look like a dark hair

dolly parton!?}

Like any family holiday,

there was plenty of food!

No one went away hungry!

All the girls

{plus James}

minus 2 sisters...

not a bad looking group of girls!

The guys.

Minus one bro-in-law,

2 grandsons

and 1 boyfriend.

A good lookin' group of guys too...

The two on the ends are my favorite guys though!

We ended the afternoon by

going to Grandma B's house.

She had a fun little

egg hunt and hid  Easter baskets for them.

James was so excited to start the

Easter egg hunt

that he didn't even want to

take his coat off!

Elsie is usually pretty reserved,

but she really got into the

egg hunt too!

Grandma B. read some clues

to help them find their baskets...

Elsie found hers in the dryer!

James found his basket in the stove...

Grandma B. wrote a cute little

poem for the kids

clues...

I thought it was pretty sweet.

I remember my mom doing the

same thing for my sisters and I when we were little...

Jon and I are lame parents.

We simply told the kids

'your basket is hidden, go find it!'

~

We all had a full and fun

Easter.

We got home late.

Ate too much food.

Consumed way too many sweets.

Drank way too much kool-aid.

We all dropped into bed

tired but with our

hearts full!

A fabulous Easter.