Easter

We were lucky enough to get THREE egg hunts this year:

1.  Grandma and Grandpa Shorty's:

My parent's were going to be in Mesquite on Easter, so we celebrated with them a week early.  We hunted for eggs, had a yummy dinner and then colored eggs (thanks Jess!).  

Emily and Bree preparing for the hunt!

Tyler... acting silly as usual!

Emily assessing the loot!

Gavin finds an orange one!

Grandma Shorty, Emily, Bree, Tyler, Gavin and Lexie

After dinner, we went for a walk.  Emily found several snail shells that she wasn't afraid to pick up and show everyone.  My nieces were terrified and totally grossed out she would even think of picking up a shell.  

THAT'S MY GIRL!!!  

My dad painted all the fire hydrants in their little neighborhood.  The kids (OK.... I) thought it was kind of neat, so we took a picture of his fine work!  Way to go dad!

Gavin found this Easter Bonnet from when my mom was a little girl and thought it was cowboy hat.  I don't know if I've ever laughed so hard in my life!!!  It was pretty funny.  He had no idea that everyone was laughing at him :)  Good times... good times!

2.  Grandma Great Barnes:

Grandma great has an annual egg hunt with all of Travis' cousins.  His family is quite large, so it is lots of fun.  We had it at a church because it was supposed to rain.  We had KFC, then hunted for eggs.  There were so many kids there and it was a bit chaotic, so I wasn't able to get many pictures, but the kids got a TON of treats!

3.  Grandma Paulette's:

Paul BBQ'd steaks for all of us (YUMMY!!!  Thanks Paul!).  After dinner, the bunny (AKA... Uncle Dustin) hid a basket of goodies for each of the kids.  The adults got one too, but we didn't have to hunt for ours :)

Tyler's was hidden fairly easy, but he had a difficult time finding it.  This is him saying "DUH!!!"

Sweet Emily

Gavin LOVES his grasshopper!

It is so much fun to have a big family. The kids absolutely love spending time with their cousins.  I never had any close cousins while I was growing up, so it is lots of fun to watch them together.

We miss you Jamie!

This is the kids on Easter morning.  Don't they look great?  Tyler got a tie that matches Gavin's, but it isn't a clip on, and we couldn't figure out how to tie it.  Travis had to do it at church.  "How embarrassing mom!"

We had a great Easter celebration... thanks everyone for making it so fun!

*Where is Kate, you're wondering???  She LOVES to sleep!!!