Sunday, April 8, 2012

Easter Weekend

Wes had Friday off (Good Friday), so we left that morning to go to Oklahoma for Easter. We arrived in time for lunch and then went over to my sister's for an Easter egg hunt with her friends. The big kids were so sweet with the little kids. The big girls let my girls play with them and made the girls feel so special. We had a great time.
Blowing bubbles with our new friend Liam

Gracie and her haul

Lizzie and her basket

Negotiations on trading candy

Examining the stash

Looking for tadpoles with Daddy. Love.

On Saturday, we met up with Wes' grandparents Potter for lunch and then went to their house for a visit. Nana drove in from Arlington to spend Easter with us. It was nice to have everyone together. That night, the kids dyed Easter eggs. The tradition in our house is for all the kids to take off their clothes and put on Papa's t-shirts, so they don't get dye on their clothes. They look like four ghosts. The girls had different approaches to dying the eggs. Gracie would plop the egg in, wait a second and pull them out. Lizzie would put it in, wait a few minutes, check it and then put the egg back in the same color again. 
With Nana at lunch

At Grandma and Papa Potter's. Wes climbed this tree as a kid.

Climbing trees

Grandpa Potter and his babies

Grandma Potter with Gracie

Grandma Potter with Lizzie
Snuggling with Aunt Laura while the for dying eggs to boil

Grandma loves dying eggs as much as the kids

Pulling the eggs out

Patiently waiting


Sunday, the girls woke up (Ok, I woke them up) excited to see what was in their Easter basket. They loved it. They looked for Easter eggs in the house and were really excited to put on their Easter dresses for church. We went to church with my family and then came home for lunch. My cousins, Chris and Angie, came over for lunch. The kids played and then after lunch it was time for the hunt. They had a blast. It was the first year that no one needed help looking and finding eggs.

Looking for eggs in the morning

Pretty girls in pretty dresses

the pretty girls and handsome boy

Us

Nana and the girls

The hunt

Looking for eggs

Look what I have

Where else could they be?

Happy kids with full baskets
Grandma and Papa with the girls
Easter was a lot of fun this year and very meaningful. So thankful for everything we have.

2 comments:

Shaun Jex said...

I love the picture of Wes and the girls looking for tadpoles. Did they find any and did they catch them/keep them in a can? That's what I used to do and they never made it....

Melissa Potter said...

No, they didn't catch any; just looked. My sister and I use to catch them too. Ours shared the same fate as yours.