I love Easter and Our Family Traditions. It's so much fun for me and I know that my family enjoys it too. Me and the kids color Easter Eggs...this year it was just Jared and I. We tried using shaving cream and food coloring (we also tried ink) to get a pretty, swirly, marbled look. It didn't work for us. It works great on shiny card stock but wiped right off the eggs. So we just put the coloring on a paper towel and smeared it all over the eggs. It worked just fine! I decided that this year we wouldn't hide the hard boiled eggs and we would just enjoy them with our dinner. I know Mya liked that idea...I heard her tell her daddy she ate three. ☺ Besides we had 350 plastic eggs to hide...a dozen more wouldn't make a big difference.
We don't have a traditional dinner but I liked this years. I went for Easter colors for our meal. We had chicken roll-ups, pink mashed potatoes, purple gravy, corn, pastel deviled eggs, bunny bait, and an orange salad. Natalie made a yummy dessert. (have I ever mentioned that Natalie is a great cook and so nice to always offer to bring something) We ate dinner before the hunt so the kids would eat good. I think it worked. I think my grands are so dang cute. I point my camera at them and they either "cheese out" or make the funniest goofy faces. Oh they make this gramma's heart smile! ♥ Macie is healing so nicely from her surgery and was all smiles today. She is so cute!
We let the little's go out first and hunt on the North side of the house. That way they get plenty of eggs before everyone goes hunting. I love watching them run around the yard collecting eggs. It's one of my favorite things. They're just so cute!
I get the biggest kick out of watching my older kids go hunting for Easter Eggs. This year the older boys held Braxton down so that everyone else could have a head start. I think they know that Braxton is fast. It made me laugh but I didn't realize Braxton couldn't breathe...they didn't hold him down long. He didn't pass out before they let him up...thank goodness. Everyone runs around and I run around chasing them with the camera! Oh Happy...Fun Day! Gramps even collected a few eggs for baby Macie...how cute it that?
One year Larry marked a few eggs and had some big prizes to go with them. He made sure there were enough marked for everyone. I know at least one of the kids had two of the marked eggs which meant one of the kids didn't get one and because the one with two was willing to share they were rewarded extra. It was a fun year!
My family is the joy of my life. From the time I was very small I always wanted to be a mommy and have my own family. I was so glad that Larry felt the same. We have such awesome, fun kids. They warm my soul and continue to make me smile. I am such a better person because of each one of them. They have helped me to recognize my strengths and weakness. They have filled my heart with love and helped me realize we are capable of loving much more than we can even imagine! There is always more room for more love.
I love being Larry's wife! I love being a mom! I love being a gramma! I love our family traditions! I love Easter! I love all the fun things about Easter but I also love the "sacred" part of Easter. I love thinking about Jesus and His life. He lived for others always! His life was all about serving others...His death was all about each of us. His resurrection brings Joy and Hope to my soul. I know because of Him we will all be resurrected too and be able to be with our Heavenly Parents again. I really am Trying to Be Like Jesus!
