Sunday, April 22, 2012

Easter 2012

I have this crazy obsession about the kids matching on Easter.  It's fairly ridiculous, because it's pretty challenging.  Especially when Kate wears pink. 

Her dress this year had a lot of pink in it and I had the grand idea to make Jack a pink-ish tie from a tutorial I saw on the Internet.  I don't sew often (I wish I did!) but I have a sewing machine and I can sew a fairly straight line, so I figured it wouldn't be that hard.  Yeah right!! I could not get it right for the life of me.  So at some point around midnight the night before Easter, I threw in the towel and made him a bow tie instead. 

A really big bow tie.  It was so cute, but he looked hilarious in it. 

The kids DID match and they did look cute, but I need to remind myself next year to chill out (or start shopping way earlier).

We started the day with Easter baskets.

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Then, everyone got all ready for church.

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After a great church service, we headed to Gran and Marlin's house for a wonderful lunch. The kids posed for some pictures on their front porch.

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Jack was more interested in sweeping than standing still for pictures!

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It was such a pretty day, so the kids were able to play outside and have an Easter egg hunt.

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After spending time over there, we headed to Mimi and Papa's for Easter dinner and more time outside hunting eggs.

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This kid ate more chocolate than I think he has ever had in his whole life. He woke up crying that night with a stomachache because that's literally ALL he ate all day!

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Brad, Vicky, and Ruckus were all in town, too.

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We even managed a picture of Mimi and Papa with their three grandkids. Out of about 30 of this same shot, this was about the only one that turned out remotely o.k. I can't imagine what it will be like when there are a few more kids in the shot!

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We had such a great time celebrating with family on a beautiful day!

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