Easter 2023

Although we have been blessed with many warm and sunny Easter Sundays in years past, this was not the case this year.  We have been in the midst of an unbelievably cold and rainy Spring season, so sadly, our Easter celebrations were all done indoor this year.  Since we no longer have a free weekday evening anymore with how busy our family is, we didn't have time to die Easter eggs until last night.  All six of us enjoyed gathering around our kitchen table and coloring and dyeing away.  On Sunday morning, we opted to go to a later sacrament service so that we could enjoy a slow morning together.  The kids came running downstairs to check out the goodies and toys in their Easter baskets before eating breakfast in the dining room and hunting for eggs in our house.  After church and a well-needed nap, we packed up our food and drove to the grandparent's house in Issaquah where we spent the evening.  Since Chris and his family were on a cruise for Spring Break, it was a smaller group this year.  Luckily, Bryce and Vivian had just flown home for the week off between semesters at college and were able to join us in addition to Eric and Rebecca.  We enjoyed eating a delicious Easter dinner before the kids hunted for all of grandma's goodies that we hid in designated rooms in the basement.  Although it wasn't as fun as running around their large yard on a beautiful, spring day, it still was nice to be able to get together as a family to celebrate this important holiday.

April 8th:

Lia showing off her freshly-dyed egg.

Logan drawing on his egg with a Sharpie pen.

Ella and mama.

Emmy and daddy.

April 9th:

Emmett's Easter basket with a new beach towel and spring outfits

Logan's Easter basket with several new swimsuits and swim shirts

Ella's basket and the beautiful, blue gown that she is going to wear for the formal night on our cruise this summer

Lia's basket with the signed and framed 101 Dalmatians poster I won in a silent auction at her children's theatre last weekend

The children racing down the stairs to find their Easter baskets.

Last, but not least, our teenager slowly following the group downstairs.

Emmett picking up a pull-toy car.

Logan examining his miniature cannon.

Lia holding up the new "Stranger Things" shirt she got.

Ella showing off her fidget cube toy.

Emmett holding the can of spray confetti he found in his basket.

Logan showing off his tiny cannon.

Logan and Emmett watching Ella reach for one of her eggs in the family room during their hunt.

Emmett holding up his basket as he searches for eggs.

Ella in her beautiful gown finding another egg.

Lia spotting one near the vase.

Emmett searching for more goodies in the family room at the grandparent's house.

Ella hunting away in the apartment bedroom.

Logan had the hardest time finding all of his treats in the storage room thanks to Uncle Eric hiding them in so many tricky places.

Lia hunting with the second phase of kids (with Bryce and Vivi) in the apartment living room.

The annual, Easter photo with all the cousins.  

We normally get a picture of all of the cousins sitting on grandpa's beautiful lawn in the front yard, but this year, the family room had to do!  Here's hoping for a warmer Easter next year!