Showing posts with label Easter. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Easter. Show all posts

Sunday, April 20, 2014

Easter

Afton really loves Holidays and she was so excited about Easter. She couldn't wait to decorate eggs, hunt for candy and plan her own Easter Party (which won't happen for a few more weeks while we're camping)!

We went to Grandma Sandy's for dinner a couple of days after Easter and Afton grabbed her pink camo bucket and had fun finding the eggs. 


We found a new setup for dying eggs this year but it didn't work as well as we'd hoped. Afton still loved it!




For the Keetch's Easter egg hunt Afton decorated her bucket with a drawing. She is so creative and fun! I love her mind!




Tiff took these cute pictures of me and Maya! Thanks Tiff!





This year for Easter my mom made the girls these adorable bib necklaces and matching skirts. We did a little photo shoot and I'm in love with these pictures! Thank you Mom!!







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Saturday, April 6, 2013

Easter

We sure had a nice Easter this year. Afton had been looking forward to Easter since before Christmas. She couldn't wait to hunt for eggs and spend time with cousins. I don't think she was disappointed!

We decorated eggs this year with a glitter kit I found. Afton wasn't very excited and only used glitter on 1 egg but we still had fun!


The night before Easter we filled eggs with LED lights and Afton had a fun Easter Egg Hunt. It lasted a while because we each had to take turns hiding the eggs, over and over and over....


































Always trying to get a good family photo! I love Afton's cute smile!

We went to my mom's after church for dinner. She had made ham, potatoes, asparagus and Melis made deviled eggs. I brought drinks and a salad. It was all delicious! During dinner, Afton told us all about how Jesus died for us and was resurrected. She knew the entire story and didn't miss a thing! I wish I would have been recording!

While the men hid the eggs Grandma Sandy worked on an activity with the kids. She had 3 egg cartons, each a different color ready with fake green grass and potting soil. She had the kids plant seeds and flowers and they had so much fun!



Tally and Holdy can't wait but I'm not sure what Afton's expression means. She was really excited!



After the egg hunt the kids filled little crates full of string for the birds to use in making their nests.
Afton loved cutting her string and we're excited to hang it in the backyard!


My mom bought these cute hats for Afton and Olive!

Baby Olive! She is adorable!


After mom's we left for the Keetch's. We got there just in time for the Easter Egg Hunt!! After that we had Strawberry Shortcake for dessert! Fun and delicious!




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Sunday, April 8, 2012

Easter

Easter was a lot of fun this year.

Last year I had Easter eggs filled with stickers and fuzzy yellow chicks, I had an informative little board book explaining why Jesus died and how he came back to life. I had dye for eggs and a whole bag full of other stuff.

Luckily it was all just fine in storage for a year and I was able to use it all this year. I did add a few things to the eggs (candy) and gave her the book before Easter so we could read and learn. At one point as we were talking about going to Grandma Sandy's for dinner we explained there would be an Easter egg hunt but the real reason we were going was to celebrate Jesus. Afton looked at us and said, Will Jesus be there?
I love her little mind and her sweet spirit. She loves to talk about Jesus!

She ended up taking the little book to my parents and she and my mom and dad read it about 10 times!

The night before Easter I put some glow sticks in some of the eggs and Afton had a blast finding glow in the dark eggs. She would find them all and then tell me she was leaving the room so I could hide them again!!!

Easter morning Afton found a basket containing a little Barbie mermaid, a huge flower pinwheel, a stuffed bunny and chick, and 2 new toothbrushes. After that we decorated eggs and made sugar cookies before heading off to my mom's house!






Earlier this week my mom met us at Old Navy and Afton was able to choose her Easter dress. She loved this yellow one immediately and was excited to wear it on Easter!







Later that night we went to the Keetch's for an Easter egg hunt and dessert!