Happy Easter!

We've had a great holiday today! 

We started the weekend out by dying eggs on Friday night:

(Shane was working on the car like I've been bugging him to for the last couple of months, so he was excused this time.)

All ready!

Patiently waiting...

I helped them put the eggs in the cups without breaking them, but the kids decided which color and how long to leave it in for, and then they put the stickers on all by themselves. It's so nice having them old enough to do things on their own!

 Late Saturday night the Easter bunny came!

They each got a toy, bubbles, and candy.

It's blurry, but Kaden was SO excited to play with his new Skylander's thing that he wouldn't hold still.

Lexi had just rolled out of bed. haha She loves her new Ariel toy.

Ari's face cracks me up in this one. She had just rolled out of bed, too, and she LOVES her Rapunzel toy.

Muffins for breakfast!

New Easter clothes!

The girls picked out their dresses last month and Kaden picked his shirt and tie, but honestly they had all forgotten about it. It was great. :)

After church, lunch, and "naps" (no one fell asleep, but they stayed in their rooms for a good 15 minutes *eye roll*), we headed to McKay Dee to see my grandpa (more on that in another post tomorrow), then went to Shane's parent's house for dinner and another egg hunt.

I had to zoom in on this one because he just had the best smile! (The girls were all blinking...)

Ryley, Lexi, Kaden, and Ari (Damon, the 7 month old cousin, wasn't there)

 After dinner, we headed to the basement for the egg hunt.

These pictures don't quite capture exactly how the hunt went. There was SO. MUCH. CANDY. Those buckets that the kids brought were each filled to the top and then some. And Shane's mom had gotten each grandchild sand toys and filled the sand bucket with more candy, toys, and a book for each. Grandma Porter sure knows how to spoil her grandkids! They left very happy little kids. :)

 

We saw about six deer on our way out. This was the only picture I got - they didn't hang around too long. Ari is now requesting we have a pet reindeer that she can ride (we saw the deer jump-running and Ari LOVED that). It was a really fun day and next year I'm not getting the kids any candy - just toys.