My sister and her husband where on a cruise (if I remember correctly) over the Easter 2014 weekend, so I was lucky enough to inherit three extra kiddos for all the festivities of the great Easter Holliday.
This is what Easter baskets look like for 8 children. Fun times:-).
Just out of bed and ready for some fun!
Easter morning excitement! Grandma's even in on the action
(of course she was around helping all weekend!!)
Dad trying to score some candy from Joseph;).
Getting a decent shot of 8 kids, dressed for church and staring into the bright sun proved to be impossible.
We headed back inside for another attempt. Still not exactly perfect, but we'll take it!
Home from church and ready for an Easter Egg Hunt.
Of course, we had to start youngest to oldest to make sure the little ones actually ended up with some eggs.
Here goes Joseph!
Brooks is off ...
At this point, I'm thinking we released the rest of the little beasties all at once:).
Miss Mae (having a little too much fun maybe??) ...
James on the prowl ...
And Porter hustling his bustle to score some highly-concentrated sugar.
It was definitely even more fun with cousins!!
I had to include these pics, because I think little Janie won the award for the best faces!!
And there you have it, Easter hunt is complete. Time to head back inside and enjoy the bounty.
As I'm finishing off this post, I'm realizing that I didn't even touch on the entire purpose for Easter--the sacrifice, atonement, and of course resurrection of our wonderful and loving Savior Jesus Christ. This particular Easter is all just a blur now, but aside from all the exciting parts of the day/weekend, I really hope we spent enough time reflecting on that amazing event and that gracious friend and brother. Certainly something to improve upon!
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