I may (meaning I plan to) post some of the action of the past couple of months, but today I have some of the awesomeness of Easter weekend to share with you.
Exhibit A:
The mileage I have gotten out of these chicks is incredible. A birthday party craft which continued to a Good Friday/school holiday craft, candy alternative filler for plastic eggs, fun play for the kids, and a last-minute addition to Primary Singing Time today. As it turns out, I can relate chicks to a bunch of Primary songs, and not just the ones about spring, birds, and ducks.
Exhibits B, C, D, and E:
Ellen was waaaaaay to busy picking up eggs and helping the visiting cousins pick up eggs to stop for a picture, and I didn't feel like a picture of the back of her head. I have several dozens of plastic eggs accumulated over the past several years. We could have invited about ten more kids to hunt eggs and still had enough for everyone. Good thing there was no candy in them.
Exhibits F and G:
Although I have to give credit to my brother for our first introduction to the egg derby a few years ago, we have definitely followed in their wise footsteps in making this a yearly activity. Our second annual egg derby saw 17 contestants in a single-elimination competition for the strongest egg. The winner made it through five crashes uncracked.
Ellen and Uncle Eric were serious business here. Heart-y vs. E.C.
Ellen went into fist pumping and jumping in the air and whooping and hollering gleeful winner's bliss. It's the best when a kid wins.
This weekend we have loved having Eric and his family with us, Rebecca and her family to visit, and Grandpa over a couple of times. I missed my mom but felt her close, and I had many opportunities to hear my children remind me happily what the Atonement and Resurrection is all about. We get to see Grandma again and be with her and with Heavenly Father and Jesus forever. He lives.
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