Easter 2014

Yes, I am this far behind! 

The day before Easter we dyed some eggs

Myla thought it was really weird that we were coloring on eggs

She didn't quite get the idea and smashed her eggs to pieces.

Or just ate the crayon. 

Krew had to show her how it was done. He is quite the little artist!

And egg-dyer.

He just doesn't like his picture taken!

Unless he can be silly.

Jorden showing them the proper way to color,

and dye eggs.

I love this picture. Krew trying to be just like Dad.

The finished products!

Easter Morning!

The kids woke up to this trail of Smarties leading to a plate of half-eaten carrots and a note from the Easter Bunny.

They were off finding eggs in no time!

Myla took a minute to catch on. She Stared at this egg on her car for the longest time.

She just wasn't sure what to do until Dad helped her out.

They both had their buckets filled in no time!

Myla had a new found love for Tootsie Rolls. She would empty all her eggs, throw the other candy aside and go for the Tootsie Rolls. It was hilarious!

Krew requested "Easter Bunny Pancakes" This was my best attempt.

 Ready for church in their Sunday best.

 Love these two with all my heart!

 Cute little Myla

 Krew got poked in the eye the day before and his eyes would start watering randomly for about a week. He had a bad episode of watery eyes--hence the no individual picture like Myla.

After Church.

Boys will be boys!

Or zombies!!

We had to have a silly one too....always!

Krew's attempt at taking our picture. Not bad!

 That evening we went down to Grandma Jane's and Grandpa Bob's. They put on an Easter egg hunt for the Great Grandkids and even gave all the Grandkids and spouses eggs filled with some green :) They are the most amazing Grandparents!!

Because this was Myla's second egg hunt of the day, she knew just what to do!!

Krew immediately found some of his eggs. (They were color-coded for each kid)

After the egg hunt, Myla went straight for the swing. She LOVES the swing.

 She also has an awesome big brother that will push her.

What a great day we had! It doesn't get much better than that!

Easter 2013

Krew was looking forward to Easter all week long! So on Saturday night we pulled out the eggs and let him go to town!

I made two dozen hard-boiled eggs and that went so fast!

 We had plenty of colors to choose from but at least half of the eggs were blue, Krew's new favorite color!

I found an OLD high school shirt perfect for egg-dying in :) 

This little cutie had to be up at the table to see what all the fun was about 

 Our finished products!

The missing eggs are still soaking in the blue.

 When we were done dying eggs, Krew put those extra stickers to good use!

 When we woke up on Easter morning we found the Easter bunny left more than enough eggs, candy, treats and books for one little boy!

 The Easter Bunny had some pretty good hiding spots,

 But none that outsmarted little Krew!

 Myla was a little hungry and knew her Dad couldn't help her out with that, hence the cute, but sad pouty face.

 Checkin' out the goods!

 Looks like the Easter Bunny brought an egg for Harvey too!!

After the egg hunt we ate a french toast breakfast and watched a clip on Easter. 

Krew asked a lot of good questions. I love how he is getting more curious! It really brought the true meaning of Easter into our home!

That evening we went down to Great Grandma Jane and Great Grandpa Bob's house for another Easter egg hunt and the third annual egg drop! It was so fun! 

Everyone made a contraption to put their egg in and we went to the high school to drop them off the bleachers. One level at a time. Right after I took this picture Jorden says to me, 

"Hey Jess. Where's Krew?" 

Me, "Um. I thought you knew!" 

Well look really carefully in the picture and maybe you can spot him.

Look next to the goal post. Ya, see that little red dot? That's my son running laps. All by himself. He has a lot of energy. All. The. Time. But we wouldn't have it any other way!

 We yelled for him to come back.

 Here he comes.

 We all had a good laugh!

Now to the group. L to R. Blake's friend Jordan, Blake, Kortney, Brady, Lindsay with Oaklie, Carson, Conley, Michelle, Haley's new fiance Johnny, Haley, Jorden and Grandpa Bob.

Level 1. I think some people were out in the first round but most moved forward.

Level 2. Several more feet up. More people were out this round. But I don't remember who!

Level 3. The highest level. After just dropping them off at this level, no one was eliminated. So they were chucked down as hard as possible!

After that, only 3 people were left so we stayed on the ground and chucked them down as hard as we could. One more was eliminated. Jorden and Jorden's Aunt, Kerilee remained. 

Checking to make sure the egg wasn't cracked.

We decided There was no way to break these eggs. So the winners were. Jorden and Kerilee. Kerilee was kind enough to give us the prize of the Kneader's gift card!

We had such a good day!

Happy Easter!