Easter 2012

I'm not sure how or why I let myself get so behind in this family journal/blog.  It bothers me.  A lot.  But what can you do?  So, it's June 11 and I'm finally getting around to a massive update.  Will I back date this post?  Of course.  Sorry if that bugs some of you.

Easter:  My parents have the tradition of doing an Easter Egg hunt with fun prizes.  This year, we knew it wasn't going to work out to have the entire family together.  So they did an Easter Egg hunt with Ryan, No'el, and the girls in Blackfoot and then came to Utah to celebrate with Callie & Mike, Jeff, Emily & Miley, and all of us.  We realize how much they sacrifice for our family and appreciate it!

They got here on the evening of April 6.  Beidler's live in an apartment complex with a movie theater that tenants are able to schedule and use.  They had arranged for that and we were pretty excited.  But there was a problem with the projector so the complex allowed us to have the clubhouse for the night instead.  It's a beautiful area with a pool table, flat screen television, and great sound system.  We watched Puss in Boots and the kids played.

Saturday morning we met at Emily's for the Easter Egg Hunt.  They have a little park in their complex that is rarely used by others so we hid the eggs in that area and let the kids have a great time looking for them.  My mom goes to the trouble of assigning each child a color of egg to find.  That way, everyone gets the same candy, prizes, etc. and it's all fair.  

After all the eggs had been gathered, we went back into Emily's house to open them all up, collect their prizes from Granny & Grandpa, and have lunch.  The Easter Bunny ears came out and most people tried them on.  Enjoy the pictures of our event.  

(I still don't have a camera so my sisters were kind enough to send me their pics.  Some are similar but I'm posting them all. There are a lot!)

Granny & Grandpa went home that evening...we had worn them right out!

Grandma Tisa gave Madi the CUTEST Easter dress.  Did I get a picture of her in it?  Nope.  Will I get one next time she wears it and post it?   Absolutely!