Easter Weekend

Yep, it's been a whole week since we began our Easter Weekend celebrations and I'm just now getting around to recapping it...why, you might ask, did I not get 400 photos uploaded, edited and on the blog the very next day? Well...we had WAAAAAAY too much goin' on for that! We had story time to go to, a first t-ball practice to attend, some much needed family movie watching time, garage sale items to get tagged, closets to clean out, laundry to catch up on, and not to mention a 40-hour work week! So there. That's why I'm just now getting caught up on Easter Weekend...and, let me tell you, this is going to be on the shorter side, with tons of photos to tell the story because I've got a to-do list a mile long and days that seem to go by in lightening speed!

First celebration on the list: Easter at the Farm!



I love Easter at the farm. It's the first time of the year that we can put our boots on and get out in the woods exploring!











Not to mention, the farm is the BEST place to have an Easter Egg Hunt.






And we get to spend time with cousins.



Boys get to be boys out at the farm and since I've got two little ones and a big one that absolutely love the outdoors, the farm is like heaven to them.



And, after much exploring, hunting, tree climbing, goat chasing, dirt digging, and sugar eating...we squeezed every last ounce of joy out of this day and headed home to get cleaned up and snuggled into our beds for the arrival of the Easter Bunny.

Celebration #2: Easter morning at home.

I love all things magical. Like Santa Claus, the tooth-fairy, and the Easter Bunny. I love thinking of what my kids will think is the ultimate surprise so that when they wake up on Easter morning, they will wonder how in the world the Easter Bunny knew that they loved Monster Trucks or books or fishing or stomping in the mud in rubber boots. I love it that my boys wake up in such a fog that they forget it's even Easter and when we head downstairs to eat breakfast, they see a glimmer of something that doesn't belong and they get wide-eyed grins and run to check out their Easter Bunny surprises.



These two little boys sure do make the holiday magical for me.




Easter #3: Grandma and PaPa's House.

On Easter Sunday we went back and fourth on our tradition. Should we spend Easter Sunday at our church in Ottawa or should we continue our tradition of going to DeSoto to spend the morning with family? We love our family. And, on this Easter Sunday, we felt compelled to spend it with our Riffel family in DeSoto.



The church service was wonderful, Easter dinner was delicious, and it was one of those days where you get caught up in every moment...so much that at the end of the day, you decide to stay for just a few hours longer, eating up every bit of the family time we could share together.














We are so blessed to have our families so close to us. This Easter was amazing and full of everything Easter should be and we left the weekend with hearts so full of love and thanks. Thanks be to Him.

Whew, Easter Weekend went by fast. This week has sped by. And, stick around...I need to get caught up cause we have a new t-ball star in the family, more Easter celebrations, and a sweet toddler boy who is getting a room makeover next week!



Life is good.

{Here are a few more photos from the week leading up to Easter...}