Easter 2012

This year we had my folks and my brother and his family to spend Easter at our house. The weather has been beautiful and very warm so the kids were excited to get into the pool for the first time. The kids woke up on Saturday morning begging to get in the pool but I thought we needed to at least wait until the afternoon when it would be a little warmer. We were able to distract them with an Easter Egg hunt that Nanny had created. She did a special theme for each kid with puzzle pieces that led them to their big present. It was fun and as usual Reese doesn't really care about quantity of eggs. She wants to stop and open each egg to see whats in it:) Nanny hid the eggs so well that we had to enlist adults to find the remaining two eggs to complete Reese's puzzle.

Finally after the lunch we let the kids get in the pool. Uncle Charlie was the only adult to brave the cold water!

I had been sick the week before Easter, in fact I was sick for almost 3 weeks with Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease. We didn't know yet what it was at the time but not only did I feel really BAD I looked really BAD, think..bad sores on my face. GROSS!  This along with the fact that it's hard to get 3 young kids to stand still for pictures there are not any pictures of us before church on Sunday. SAD! I did randomly snap this picture of Reese on my phone after we got home from church. Guess there is always next year for pictures:)

After all I think it's more important to remember the reason we celebrate Easter then to stress over getting dressed up and taking pictures. I am grateful for family and my sweet daughter to spend this day with and most importantly for our Lord and savior. Happy Easter!