Easter

Easter coincided with April Fool's Day, General Conference and Spring Break and Troy's parents and sister's family joined us for the occasion. One of these years I need to switch up my Easter tablescape, but fresh flowers added to the pink eggs and napkins I stash away gets the job done.

It was particularly cold this Easter so it's good thing we had beautiful weather for our neighborhood egg hunt the week before. We set out some eggs for the cousins to find anyway.

There is no such thing as too many egg hunts. We kept Easter pretty low key because Blake and Nash were packing up to leave the next day on a pretty epic trip that would give them the first stamps on their passports.

Neighborhood Egg Hunt

One of the things we were looking forward to in our new neighborhood was the annual Easter egg hunt. We gathered for a full Easter feast and each family contributed candy filled eggs for the kids to find.

Our street only has 10 houses and we sure aren't lacking for kids.

The youngest egg hunters got a head start.

The older kids searched to find the money-filled golden egg.

It was finally found hidden in the hill.

The boys loved finding the confetti-filled eggs.

After all the eggs were found, one of my neighbors had a bunch of games organized for the kids.

Finn had some fans cheering him on.

You often don’t know what you’re getting into when you move into a neighborhood. Fortunately for us, our neighborhood continues to impress us.

Easter Rehearsal

Easter aligned with General Conference this year and since I knew we'd be lounging in sweat pants listening to our leaders on TV, I had the boys dress up the Sunday before Easter in their new shirts. They even obliged me with a few shots after church. The key was to stop at a park on the way home so no one had a chance to start peeling off dress clothes.