A Sunny Happy Easter

For the first time in years, we had a sunny Easter Sunday! It just makes the whole day so much better!

Our Easter service at church went great! The breakfast was yummy, the music went really well, everyone actually sang, we had our egg hunt outside (for the first time since 2006) and the cross was gorgeous (as usual)!!! It truly felt like a celebration of our Savior’s resurrection!

Since Zack was housesitting and met us at church, we did our baskets when we got home from church.Although we decorated eggs, the boys decided not to go in their rooms and pretend to sleep while the “Easter Bunny” hid the eggs. LOL

 

Then we made the trip down to Portland for Easter dinner. We also enjoyed all kinds of outdoor activities in the sun… Yay!

a bit of croquet before the egg hunt

 

first everyone helped the boys look for their eggs in the woods out back

obviously a critter found this one before we did…

 

then the littles went up front for their egg hunt

We also took a few pics while everyone checked out their haul…

Elsie and Stella were so cute!

     

Group shots

Then we just enjoyed the sun while we waited for dinner…

chatting on the porch

snacking on some chicks

out on a Sunday drive

the kids are dancing around with their new umbrellas while singing “Father Abraham”

What a happy Easter!

"The angel said to the women, 'Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. He is not here; He has risen, just as He said. Come and see the place where He lay.' " Matthew 28:5-6

Egg Day 2012

We didn’t get many pictures of this year’s Egg Day. But then how many pictures of Jello eggs and egg bakes do we need??? LOL

Thankfully, Will did take some pictures of our Easter eggs though…

  They look so different so close up.

  Oops! We forgot to take a picture of Will with his favorite eggs…

Family Flashback – Old Tucson 2000

We bought our tent trailer just a few days before Thanksgiving of 2000. So for her maiden voyage, we took a trip south to Tucson for the Thanksgiving weekend. The campgrounds close during the summer around Phoenix. (Weird!) But the weather was perfect for camping in late November!

We arrived at camp on Thanksgiving Day. I had totally prepared our turkey dinner so it would be easily cooked on a campstove. Unfortunately, we couldn’t get our camp stove to work. Instead we drove into town and had dinner at Sheri’s. A pretty late dinner…

After dinner, we all were ready for bed. Thankfully, the trailer had super comfy beds!

The next day we got the stove fixed and enjoyed our gourmet turkey dinner a bit late…

The following day, we spent the day at Old Tucson Studios. It was built in 1939 for filming westerns and was just a fun place to visit! We were just in time to see all their holiday preparations, too!

Almost immediately we ran upon this gun fight in the street. But even the “bad guy” posed for a picture with the boys! ;o)

canoe ride

 

Zack gets to drive! He’s always been a very good driver…

pony rides

waving goodbye before they head out on their train ride

and one silly shot before they leave…

After dark, the lights came on and everything looked so pretty and festive!

And then we knew it was time to end our day. It was the perfect ending of a perfect vacation! Sometimes I really miss that trailer… so many fun memories!