to it and she replied that I would just have to see it in person and that she would be over within the hour. Faith was worried that she dyed it a strange color or cut it super short, but Tina was just freaking out about the adorable highlights that Chelsea put in for her! Of course, because I'm never with it enough to get pictures of everything I want, I don't have one of Tina and her cute hair, but I do have this one of Zach playing football with Christian.
I had to add yet another picture of Dusty because this one turned out so cute!
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Saturday, April 11th was a very busy day. It started at 9 am at the Albertson's Easter candy scramble. They had the 0-3 year olds go first and Buddy completely cleaned up. This was not like the Smith's Easter to-do of my youth where they offered up the crappy candy that didn't sell out of the bins the previous year. I always ended up with a bag of plain hard candy, circus peanuts, and big rectangle gum drops (which I actually enjoyed because we didn't get much candy). Albertson's put out Reece's peanut butter cups & peanut butter eggs, Kit Kats, Whopper Eggs, bubble gum and such! .
Next was the 4-8 year old group. Faith's in here somewhere, searching through the shredded paper for the goodies. She got quite a bit as well, but there were more kids in her age group so her loot was smaller than Christian's.
They both had a fun time there!
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At the last minute we decided to go to the Kaysville City Easter egg hunt that started at 10. Last year it was horrible because they had the kids line up outside the fence of the field, then when the whistle blew they could start entering through the four foot wide entrance. We were late and were at the back of the line, so it took ten minutes for us just to enter the field. By that time, all of the earlier entrants had found every egg! This year they were smarter.
They had the kids all go into their designated field and stand around the perimeter. That way they could all start hunting at once when it started. Tony had Christian and said that the younger kids (with over-eager and rule-breaking parents) started right after they announced the two minute warning, but both our kids came away with plenty of plastic eggs filled with small candy or plastic bugs!
At 11 was Faith's soccer game. She was a little timid at first, but by the end of the game was really getting in there and almost scored a goal!
Christian saw some birds out on the field and wanted some bread to feed to them. I didn't have any on hand and told him so, which led to an hourlong fit of screaming "bread birds!!!"
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At home after the soccer game, I got a picture of the gorgeous blooms on our magnolia bush.
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After getting the kids a quick bath, we got on over to Braegger's for their Easter Egg Hunt & Dinner. Tammy made 14 plastic eggs for each child with their initial on it that they had to find.
It's always a fun challenge to locate them in the groves of scrub oak. Some of the eggs had candy, some had gold dollar coins, and others had slips of paper with prizes on them. When all the eggs were found, we went inside so the kids could collect on those.
They each got two outfits, bubbles, and other treats. Tammy got Faith this shirt since she's so excited to get braces. Man, she doesn't know what she's in for!
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The kids have suckers in their mouths that had bunny nose, cheeks & teeth for the handle. Cute!
Tammy showed Christian how you use Whopper Eggs as lipstick,
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and shared a "blue lips" kiss!
The next day was Easter! Even though we were running a few minutes late, I managed to get this pic of the kids in their Easter duds before 9 am church. Thank you mom for Faith's dress and Tammy for making sure Christian looked extra spiffy!
When we came home from church, we found that the Easter bunny had visited while we were gone. He was one sneaky guy this year--he hid their baskets way up on the plant shelf. Tony had to use the ladder to get them down!
Luckily, the kids found all 27 eggs that the Easter Bunny hid
because they both gave it their best effort. Christian & Faith had been practicing with plastic eggs a few days before by hiding them for each other. :)
Crumpet just watched all the action from her perch on the couch.
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Buddy was amazed by the size of his chocolate bunny
and Faith loved that her Peeps were hot pink--her favorite color.
Here they're displaying some of their finds.
They needed me to blow up their punching balloons right away and ravenously devoured the ears of their bunnies!
Later that afternoon, my mom did her annual jelly bean & Easter gift hunt. Here is the starting with Faith helping her brother strategise where the most candy he could reach could be found.
Faith was most excited to find this lamb Webkinz inside a giant egg with her name on it!
Here's Buddy's candy haul.
And the cousins posing with their matching lambies. I thought it was hilarious that Alaura named hers "Lamb-Bo."
The little boys got dinosaurs that make a chomping sound when you put your finger in its mouth. Sometimes they burp afterwards, you've gotta know that's Christian's favorite part!We had a wonderful Easter with all of the fun activities, but also with the celebration of the atonement of our Savior, Jesus Christ. He lives!
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Looks like you had tons of fun. Your family is beautiful.
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