Easter

We had way too much fun for Easter this year (aside from the fact that I broke one of the lenses on my camera. So I don't have many pictures. I'm waiting to get some from Ben and Ashley). Noah and Ben were on a trip so Ashley and their kids came down for the week! It was crazy with 6 kids all 6 and under but we had so much fun! The dad's returned on Friday and we got to spend Easter weekend with everyone! More on the week later.

Here is what I've got.

Some highlights-
-Dying eggs. very fun! no pictures...
-Easter baskets. very fun! no pictures...
-the Easter bunny left foot prints! very fun!
-Easter craft from the kids. very fun! no pictures...
-Egg Hunts! Our first egg hunt was a street egg hunt for those who could make it. We had another hunt inside the house with 12 eggs. In each one was a symbol of the Easter story with a scripture. The last hunt was in our yard. Some filled with treats, some coins (we ran out of candy!), and one lucky one with a dollar bill! The last 2 were with just our kids and Ben's and Ashley's kids. All very fun! One picture!

This is maybe half of the kids on our street. I'm not even kidding.
Just our little cul-de-sac of 16 homes has 40 kids on it. 40! And only 5 or 6 of those are over 12.
My kids LOVE it. How can we move?!

-making ties. I couldn't find any ties anywhere for little boys so I found a pattern a friend made and took matters into my own hands. Ashley made one too. That's what we did at night after the kids went down. Talked and made ties. Surprisingly, they turned out pretty cute. very fun! a picture of 2 of the finished products below.

-And most importantly, taking time to reflect on our Saviors mission here. I am so grateful for His atonement and resurrection. We are so incredibly blessed!