Happy Easter!

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Easter turned out to be a gorgeous day! The kids came into our bedroom WAY TOO early and said excitedly, "Happy Easter!" Greg told them to go back to bed that it wasn't even 6:30 yet. They were too excited and said, "But it's Easter." So I told them they could go down and find their Easter baskets. I loved hearing them run around looking all over. (Their little feet pattering across the floor, their voices filled with excitement saying, "over here". ) I loved it! Aussie's was found first under a table in the Livingroom. Ashley's was found next, in a box in the Foyer.

And Mason didn't find his until I gave him a clue that it was in the Kitchen.

I have to say that I am super proud of them. Each of them gave up something for Lent and they stayed true to that promise for the entire 6 weeks. There was one time that Ashley got upset that she forgot, but it happened to be a Sunday- which most people who practice Lent say that Sundays are not part of the 40 day fast. But they had gotten Littlest Pets in their Happy meals at McDonald's, so they didn't even think about it until after the fact. And I stayed true to my fast too, of not playing Webkinz. That was very good for me.

Austin was VERY adament about picking out his Easter outfit. Mason wanted to be slightly different from Austin, so he had a white shirt instead of blue.

And Ashley picked out her Orange dress to match. She had grown out of her white shoes the week before, so I had her try on some others to find out the size. I found a fabulous pair of white shoes at the consignment shop for only $4 in perfect shape. She tried them on in the car and loved them. On Easter Sunday morning...they didn't fit. So she wore white tennis shoes. Oh well!

So a friend of mine and her twins came to church with us this morning.

After church we went to Pizza Hut. I had planned for a ham lunch at home, but my friends are vegetarians.

Then we went to the park to have an Easter egg hunt and take some good pictures.

It was BRIGHT!

The kids had a GREAT time!

They even posed for pictures.

HE even posed for pictures!

They played on the playground.

And they played by the lake.

And we even got some pictures of us and our family.

All was good!

Happy Easter!