Happy Easter!!

My goodness. What a BEAUTIFUL day we enjoyed yesterday! I'm always so grateful when Easter is beautiful, because it's just a bonus in celebrating the resurrection of Jesus...and I always love it when families who get together can enjoy a pretty day outside!

Ryan and I went to church yesterday morning and enjoyed a little pre-church coffee date, followed by a beautiful and affirming service. I appreciated our sermon so much. Perfectly timed for us.

After church, we came home and exchanged our Easter baskets:

 Mine didn't really fit in a  basket. REALLY cool new mirror for our bedroom after we get done repainting it! :)

And someone felt left out, so we gave her some eggs to play with:

We braved the cold and wind for our official Easter photo:

We headed out to our first celebration of the day, which was with my family. This year our celebration included my parents, Ryan and me, my sister Julie, and my Aunt B. We took a picture halfway through lunch so we could send it to my sister, Lori, out in Kansas. The bad part about being the selfie-master is that your head is always the biggest. LOL!!

Mom made the entire lunch herself, and it was delicious, even if Ryan and I were not as hungry as we should have been, thanks to a really big breakfast. LOL!!

We need a Flat Lori for family pictures!!

 I think we clean up pretty well...when we try!

 After lunch, we headed to one of Ryan's family celebrations. It was in full swing when we arrived, but we DID make it in time for the egg hunts. The kids went first:

I can't stand the cuteness of little ones with ponytail sprouts!!!

WAIT. I thought this was the kids' turn???

 

He's a kid at heart, and I love that!!

She thought the lawn ornament was a really big egg! What's the prize for finding THAT one???

Doesn't this just kill you?? So cute.

After the kids' hunt...there was a grown-ups hunt. It was fun!

I found one egg!! {I spent the rest of my time aerating Ryan's uncle's lawn with my heels!}

After we left this party, we went to see Ryan's mom for a while, and then we came home to collapse on Mo!!

 A wonderful day, and I'm thankful for all our families who love us well.