Easter

We began our Easter festivities on Friday night. We had a picnic dinner in our front room and watched a movie with the kids. Saturday morning we woke up and colored easter eggs. After we enjoyed the beautiful weather outside, then we headed out for the rest of the day as a family. It was a very nice family day. I feel like we haven't had a whole Saturday to ourselves in forever. It was some much needed time as a family! 

Both Payton and Scarlett just adore their dad. Every day that he is at work I hear, "mom, I miss daddy". Besides working all the time Josh has been taking two class online for school (he is working on getting his bachelor's degree), and he has scouts every Tuesday night. His homework load this past semester has been a lot. He spent a good two nights after work having to do homework each week. It was definitely a long 3.5 months. He just finished the semester on Friday so we get him for a good week before the next semester starts. We all love when he has free time to play and just hang out. The kids thrive for his attention whenever he is home.

Before we started coloring the eggs we got a few shots of the kids. Payton was super excited. Scarlett didn't really know what was going to be happening. 

Being silly!

Keeping it simple!

I wouldn't not let the kids touch their eggs with their fingers. I hate when their fingers are colored for a few days it drives me crazy. They didn't seem to mind using the spoons.

I did let Payton touch them sometimes, but he had to wipe his fingers off right away. My craziness worked though. Neither one of them had colored fingers! Plus, they still had a blast!

Sunday morning we headed down stairs to check out what the easter bunny had brought. The kids were very excited about their baskets.

Showing us every thing that they had in their baskets!

After going through their baskets they went around the house searching for the eggs. It took Scarlett it a while to get the hang of it, but she figured it out. 

Looking all around the family room for the eggs!

They each found a bunch of eggs all over!

Showing off their eggs they had found!

Happy Easter 2012!

I love these 3!!! I am a lucky woman!

Our family picture! It was still early in the morning!

Scarlett and Payton both love loves ring pops. I think it reminds Scarlett of her pacifier, but mostly I am sure its cause it's candy, you get to wear it on your finger, and it lasts for a long time. 

Attempts of family pictures right after church! Being silly like always!

I figured out the self timer on my camera. The nice thing is that it has were it will take 3 pictures right in a row. I loved that because I knew we would hopefully get one good picture with everyone smiling, and IT WORKED! A family picture were we are all smiling and we look cute! 

Easter Sunday was a blast! Payton and Scarlett both gave me hugs through out the day and told me, "thank you for such a fun easter". We made sure to watch a few video's about the Savior and the Resurrection. We got to skype with Jared, Ashley, Ada, Grandma and Grandpa. Josh made a yummy ham for dinner. Over all the weekend was very nice, relaxing, and fun! I am grateful for the holidays that come so we can reflect on Our Savior Jesus Christ. I know he lived, died and was resurrected! As the years keep flying by I look forward to the many more Easters that we will have as a family!