Easter...

Here are their Easter outfits.  I don't always do "Easter outfits".  I really only do it when the kids need new church clothes anyway or when it just kind of happens.  Which was the case this year.  Last April (2010) I found out about this etsy shop that has different fabric for dresses already cut out for you.  All you need to do it sew the pieces together to make the dresses.  I love making dresses for the girls, but HATE cutting out the pieces.  So I got one kit in each girl's size and was planning on making them, but come this March (2011) I still had yet to even open the package. Both Kamri and Sara needed new dresses so I thought it was the perfect opportunity to have them matching on Easter.  And then I couldn't leave the boys out so I got both of them matching ties that coordinated with the girls' dresses.  They looked soooooo cute all together and I love the dresses. Miles especially loved the attention he got when we put his tie on.  He totally hammed it up for the camera.

We had an Easter Egg hunt at Grandma and Grandpa's - 17 eggs for all 17 grandkids including an egg filled with a certificate for a free shake - YUM - and an empty one to represent the tomb.

Waiting for the hunt to begin.  They had the hunt split up into ages.  The younger kids in front with easily accessible eggs and older kids in back with eggs to hunt for.

He's a goober

It is a chore to get all the grandkids in a picture together.

He loved the eggs

Afterward, my mom and dad had a little devotional about the resurrection and the kids surprisingly sat pretty well for it.

Instead of doing baskets on Sunday, we did them on Bunny Monday.  I like to concentrate on the resurrection on Sunday and Sunday tends to get a little too filled with other things so starting last year baskets are hidden and found as part of our Monday Family Home Evening activities.  The kids don't mind at all and actually asked if we were having Bunny Monday. (Plus, we just use the candy they get from the egg hunt in their baskets.)  the kids make their baskets each year so they are disposable and I have one less thing to figure out where to store.

Sara's was in the microwave

 Evan's in the shower

And Kamri's in our linen closet

 I made each of them their own memo-size clipboard with their name on it and made a pad of paper for each of them and included a pen.  It was super simple, but Sara kept telling me how much she loved it and what a good Easter it was.  I love how simple things can be and the kids will still love it.  It was a good end to our Spring Break week.