Friday, April 21, 2017

Easter Weekend

Miles was really excited for Easter this year. Mostly because he has been really into sidewalk chalk and found out that the Easter Bunny always brings new sidewalk chalk in their Easter baskets. So for a couple weeks, he would always check with me: "Easter Bunny bring me chalk?" "Yep! The Easter Bunny is going to bring you lots of chalk!" So all this other Easter tradition stuff he just dealt with, just because he knew that one morning he was going to wake up to a brand new box of sidewalk chalk.

Saturday, we drove to Orem to do an Easter egg hunt and eat lunch at the Ybarra's. Mom was in Idaho helping Dave's sister Katie, so unfortunately we didn't get to see her, but it was fun seeing everyone who could come.
On Sunday, Jett walked into my room bright and early and asked if they could dig into their Easter baskets. The kids each got a chocolate bunny, bubbles, Bunny crackers, sidewalk chalk, a water gun, eggs with candy, an egg with a Lego Batman lego guy, and a little toy chick that peeps when you hold it in your hand. Those were actually a big hit.
Miles went straight for the chalk. He could've cared less about the rest of the stuff in his basket. All he saw was the chalk. 
 As far as church went, it was a little more stressful to get the boys all ready and to church on time. Unfortunately I wasn't able to get different sizes of ties, they only had size 4-7 left, so Miles' is too big and Cruise's is too small. At least one kid had a tie that fit! We couldn't get a very good picture beforehand, but we did get a few better ones after church, even though everyone's hair was a little messed up.
 I made a huge meal that of course, I didn't get any pictures of. I made a slow-roasted rosemary and garlic leg of lamb, garlic mashed potatoes and gravy, oven roasted asparagus, and herb-roasted carrots. I bought pound cakes and whipped cream, and sliced up strawberries for dessert. Abby brought rolls, drinks, and made an amazing vegan carrot cake. It was all so good. Abby, Casey and Liev, Dave's Dad and brother Joe, all joined us for dinner and it was just enough. We didn't have any leftovers except dessert. Which is never a problem.
It was a really nice Easter and I was grateful to have shared it with so many people I love.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Sounds like a wonderful Easter! Thanks for all the details and the pics. We love hearing about the family escapades. Looking forward to having you down in SoCal soon. Love Dad.