Happy Easter

(Warning: picture overload)

Our Easter celebration started Thursday morning. We woke up, loaded the truck and headed to the lake. D's parents have a place on Lake Ivie, which is only a 3 hour drive for us. Unfortunatley since it's a reservoir that provides water to several surrounding regions, the lake is only around 15% full. But that didn't stop us from having loads of fun. We got in around nap time so put the kids down and just relaxed. D's aunt arrived just as the kids woke up so we decided to go out on the boat for a while. The kids were a bit uneasy about it at first, just from the motor noise and life jackets but they finally loosened up and had a little fun. We went back in for dinner and Gamaw and Papaw and our nephews had arrived. We enjoyed a fajita dinner and then headed to bed in our little motel room down the street.

Friday Mal and I slept in a little and then I was able to go with D and the nephews on the boat for a few hours of fishing while the buggies stayed with Gamaw for a day of fun. I caught half of the fish that we hauled home that day. I love fishing. Probably something a lot of people don't know about me. I can seriously sit and fish for hours! Of course it's more fun when they are biting like they were that day but it's very relaxing and exciting to me! We got back and the kiddos were napping. We ate a brisket smoked by my awesome hubby for dinner and then we colored Easter eggs before heading to bed.

Saturday we awoke to find the Easter bunny had made an early appearance at the lake house! The kids opened baskets and hunted Easter eggs. We were joined by some more of D's family for the festivities that morning. After some time visiting we loaded up and headed home. We got home and went straight in to the next Easter celebration, coloring our eggs at home.

Sunday we hunted eggs in our backyard and then attended my old church for Easter service. Afterwards we went to my Aunt Karen's house for celebration number 3! It was great to see all my family and watch the buggies. They had the hunting thing down by this one!!

Today D took off work so we could have a family day. We took the kids to the movies for the first time. We saw Rio 2 and the kids did really good! They ate well (and messy), watched the movie and when they got restless we just let them walk back and forth on our empty row. (There were only 2 other families in the theater who were doing the same.) We had a great time playing games afterwards as well.

The family time and memories we made over the last few days were wonderful. Celebrating the resurrection of our Savior while providing fun experiences for our kids made this years Easter celebration perfect!

Hope you all had a blessed time with your families!