Happy Easter.. A Week Ago.

We had a really good Easter this year. On Friday before Easter we decorated Easter eggs together. It was really fun. The kids were very creative. On Saturday the Easter bunny came. We always have the Easter bunny come on Saturday. The Easter bunny filled the kids Easter baskets with Candy and we each got a movie. We got Wall-e, Bedtime stories, Nancy Drew, Dark Night and Transformers. Then Enoch and I bought the kids a spring/Easter gift. We bought them a trampoline. We have wanted one for years. The kids will go to friends houses or Grandpa and Grandma's house and always jump on their tramps. We finally bought one. It is a really nice one too. It came with netting around it. It will be nice for Kaelen. I don't have to worry about him trying to climb off or even fall off. The kids when they saw it screamed. They were very excited. It came in a very large box and we had a blanket over it so the kids wouldn't see it. Rachel said that she had thought that it was a piano bench. When I asked if she would have been happy with a piano bench she said that she would have been. She was very happy with the trampoline but would have loved a piano bench. Funny girl. She really is into piano. She is still very excited to practice and loves Thursdays because she has lessons.

On Saturday evening Annelise, Boyd and Mom and Dad Heileson came over for a wonderful Ham dinner. It was so good. We had ham, scallop potatoes, asparagus, salad and then for desert pecan pie. We had a lot of fun together.

Sunday the kids got new outfits. Rachel got a dress and Jacob got a shirt and tie with new pants. The kids looked cute together but I actually never took pictures of them together. Oops. In the evening we went over to Mom and Dad Heileson's for their annual Easter egg hunt. We all barbecued meat and had side dishes to eat. After wards we sent the kids on an Easter egg hunt. They all had 10 eggs to find in specific colors. They had a lot of fun. After wards the adults went and found their eggs. It was really fun. Joseph and Chuck hid them. We as always had fun running around finding eggs and trying to beat each other. This year the person with the most eggs got to pick the first prize and then the person with the next most and so on. We really enjoyed ourselves.

We had a really good Easter. We ended the Easter holiday with a spiritual Easter egg hunt. The kids went around looking for eggs and in each egg was a scripture and item to go with the scripture. Rachel and Jacob really enjoyed that and taking turns reading the scriptures. It was a good way to talk about our Savior and his death and Resurrection. The kids enjoyed talking about that. We hope that they thought of the real reason we celebrate Easter for a little bit instead of the Easter bunny.

This really has nothing to do with Easter but I love Kaelen sitting on the bench. He looks so big.

Jacob decorating eggs.

Rachel decorating her eggs.

Yummy food. I think he might have gotten more on himself than he got in his mouth.

Kaelen lookng at his basket. He got snack foods instead of chocolate. He did get a bunch of little suckers though. Mmm his favorite.

The kids getting their trampoline from Mom and Dad.

Very excited.

Kaelen had to see what everybody else got. He even had to try everybody elses candy.

Tired from an exciting morning.

Kaelen getting ready to look for his own eggs. We put three empty ones on the grass for him to play with. He was excited to find his "balls".

Rachel looking for her eggs.

Jacob finding some of his eggs.

Rachel, Jacob, Kaelen, Carter and Collin all sitting on the front steps after finding their eggs.

I love this picture of them all looking at their baskets and seeing what they got in their eggs. They all got candy and then money as well. A few eggs had quarters and dollars bills in them.

Kaelen once again looking so cute sitting.