easter 2014

last easter, we went to the courtyard school mass as we have done for many many years.
it's extra special to be outdoors on easter, especially with our lovely weather.
and always nice to be outside with little ones - they could live outside!

we went to brunch after mass with my family and sat outside,
it was perfect - just before the little bit of heat kicked in for the day.
little d was a trooper, even though he wasn't feeling up to par (fever from teething).

we came home, relaxed, took naps and then had our easter egg hunt.
we tried something new this year,
since the kids love hiding the eggs as much as finding them...

we had the younger two hide eggs for the boys and then then switched.
they had so much fun with it!

 

they loved following the ones looking around and watching them look for the eggs.

telling them if they were 'warm, hot, cold', etc...

this one cracked us up-
andrew didn't see this 'orange' egg in our orange tree -
and i got this perfect shot of him looking right at it!!
then the next shot of him walking right past it- ha!

it was sweet to see them working together, giving clues and hints-
kind of partnering up to talk about it...

 then sitting together to count their eggs...

then it was time to swich-
and the same thing happened: clues, and helping and watching and following :)

this picture made me laugh too -
both boys having a ball in their hand to toss into the air and catch as they walked around.

it was such a fun hunt, the kids really enjoyed it - and we really enjoyed watching it.
and now we'll have darrel in the mix this year hunting too :)

we went to grandpa burch's for dinner and had a lovely easter dinner.
always such a special day,
and always such special memories are created on this sacred and holy day.