Easter 2019

I love Easter. It is a special time to celebrate the resurrection of our Savior and to enjoy special family traditions. Easter at Grandma's house is always especially fun.

 Egg dying is Grandpa's specialty. The kids all had fun dying eggs with him.

 Since she is the funnest grandma ever, my mom (with some help from Katy and I), blew out a couple of dozen eggs and then filled them with paint. The kids threw them at a canvas in the garden. Chris didn't want to wear a stylish garbage bag smock, so he got to be shirtless. Yes, he looks like a redneck child.

 The boys weren't too in to the egg throwing, but the girls had a great time.

 Kate got in on the Easter fun too.

 We hunted Easter baskets from Grandma and Grandpa on Saturday. 

 Grandma, again being the funnest grandma ever, gave the kids all silly string in their baskets so they could have a silly string war. After cleaning up the mess, we decided that this will not become a tradition.

On Sunday, we all went to Union so we could go to church with my mom's family and then celebrate with them afterwards. We couldn't get Chris to let go of the lollipop for any of the family photos.

 These kids sure love their grandma & grandpa!

 We all enjoyed chili (traditional Baxter Easter food) for dinner, followed by the traditional Baxter Easter egg & basket hunt.

 These kids had a ridiculous amount of candy. I was tempted to not give them the Easter baskets I had prepared for them back at home, but we went ahead with another basket hunt back at Grandma's that evening.

 Sarah was very excited about her new markers and a baby for her Lil Woodzeez

 Chris got a Lego Easter egg hunt. It was super cute.

 I made Kate and Sarah coordinating swiss dot dresses with hand-embroidered flowers. Those dresses were a labor of love. I also tried my hand at tie-making and made matching ties for Chris and Kelson. I didn't have time for cute photos in their matching outfits on Easter, so I made them get dressed up again the next Sunday. It was not the most successful photo shoot.

 Kate was not a fan of this whole outdoor photo shoot business.

 Sarah was happy to show off her dress. I finished this lovely pink dress, and Sarah was determined to have blue buttons on the back. Fortunately, we were able to compromise on pink hearts. 

And of course a twirl for good measure.