Hillary's Notes: April 2013

There are some things that come with Easter that you can not skip. It is a must that we dye Easter eggs. This year Easter weekend was full of things no Easter related that I had to do, so finding the right time to dye the eggs was a little tricky. It ended up that I prepared the eggs and then left the dying to Ryan and the kids. When Josh found out I was not going to be there he was concerned. "Who is going to take our picture with our eggs?"

I told him that I could take one when I got home. When he was finished with his eggs he started asking Ryan where I was. He wanted to eat one of his eggs, but he didn't want to until I had taken a picture of him. This is really funny to me, because Josh is my child who hates getting his picture taken the most. Ryan offered to take his picture, but Josh insisted on waiting for me. I loved that he didn't want me to miss out on the whole activity. When I got home I quickly took his picture then he happily enjoyed an egg.

Josh was really into Easter this year. For a couple of weeks before the big day Josh asked if the Easter Bunny was going to hide their baskets this year. When I told him yes he began planning where the Easter Bunny might hide his. When he would think of a good spot he would tell me and ask me if I thought that was where his basket would be. He came up with some really good spots, so I knew the Easter Bunny was going to have to be tricky with him.

Saturday night the kids put out their baskets. Joe made this fun Easter basket at school out of a milk carton.

Easter morning the hunt for the baskets began. Valerie was still asleep when we started the hunt, but she was one of the first to find hers. After 45 minutes of looking and Ryan and I finally giving in and playing hot and cold with the kids. Everyone found where their baskets were hidden. That Easter Bunny was really tricky this year.

Valerie's was in her easel.

Joe's was on the food storage shelves behind a few boxes of cereal.

Josh's was under a pile of clothes in his room. The Easter Bunny decided that Josh would probably not think to look in his own room, and he was right.

Emily was the last to find her basket. She kept hoping that it would just jump out at her. But the Easter Bunny had other plans. Her basket was hanging on the coat rack under her dads coat.

The baskets were found!

After the kids loaded up with sugar we headed off to Church were my favorite part of the day happened. The kids got up with the primary in Sacrament Meeting and sang "If the Savior Stood Beside Me." I love that song.

To finish off our Easter Celebration we headed to Grandma's house. She always puts on a fun Easter party and this year was no different.