Easter Weekend

This year I was volunteered to run the Easter egg hunt at church. Saturday morning was a brisk 38 degrees, but the Easter egg hunt must go on. We decided to have registration, prizes and snacks in the fellowship hall. That way the kids would only be in the cold for less than 5 minutes. I had three different age groups. 2-4, 5-7 and 8-11. We had 45 kids show up, and we put out 300 eggs. So all the kids had a chance to find plenty of eggs. Chase had lots of fun.

After the egg hunt we went home to color eggs. I had everything ready and then realized I hadn't boiled the eggs yet! So the coloring was delayed until after lunch. I didn't think Anthony would want to do it, but he was very excited. I covered the counter in newspaper and let him have at it. I took one of Chase's white crayons and showed him how we could write our names on the egg shell and then color it.

We then all took naps. I was able to get 30 minutes, which helped me to keep going. Sara and I then started on making dinner. Stephanie and her three kids came over for dinner and games. They weren't able to come over Easter Sunday, so we had an early celebration. Sara and I made cheese dip, beef and chicken enchiladas. Sara also made some brownies for dessert. Everything turned out really good. I was so grateful to have her there for the weekend to help, since I wasn't running on full capacity.

After dinner we played Apples to Apples. Chris, Justin and Kira joined Stephanie, Sara and myself. Eric had a terrible headache and went to bed at 7pm. We had a delightful time playing and laughing. Chase and Anthony played and then it was bath time. So I missed a few rounds in the game, but I still managed to win a game! We have a new ritual now before bath time. The boys strip down and then go streaking through the house laughing. Well, Saturday night was no different. Even though we had guests, Tony went running into the living room. Stephanie and Sara screamed, which caused Anthony to laugh hystrically. He then decided it was a game. He would run down the hall and then back into the living room, waiting for us to scream again. This went on for 10 minutes. Well, Chase didn't want to miss out on the attention, so we then he appeared naked. It was quite a sight.

Sunday morning the boys got up and hunted for eggs and their Easter baskets. Anthony found two eggs and then gave up. Chase found his baskets for him. The Easter bunny brought one and then Sara brought baskets for the boys as well. So they really made out. We then went to church and then scooted home to get dinner ready. Lisa, Sanchez, Shayna, Jody and his two kids Sam and Josh were coming for dinner. I took the easy way this year, and bought a pre-cooked ham that only need to be warmed. Well, it didn't get warm in the oven, so we ended up slicing it and microwaving it, which worked out great. I should have done that from the git go.

After everyone left, Sara, myself and the boys walked over to the park. We played there for an hour and then headed back. It was cool out, but it was nice to get out of the house and stretch our legs.

Sara had business up in Dike, IA on Monday afternoon, so she was able to stay until Monday morning, which gave us some extra time to visit. I went to work Monday morning exhausted. I needed to go to work just so I could sit down and catch my breath!