Easter 2012

Our family has made a little change to Easter plans.  Egg hunts and family dinners now take place on Saturday.  My cousin & her family all live in Austin.  Due to the insane traffic on I-35 on holidays, we have decided all the festivities will take place a day early so that they can either leave bright & early Sunday morning or Saturday night.  This year since we finally got a Good Friday holiday, they came in early Friday so that the kids could play and eggs could be dyed.  Not to mention my parents & Aunt Jeanne flew in from their vacation in Hawaii on Good Friday.  The kids got lots of play time, a little nap, and then the egg dying took place.  In the past we have tried all the fancy dyes.  This year we just bought plain colors.  They had the best time and we got some of the prettiest eggs yet.

The next morning we had a little parade....

Had a little talk with PawPaw

Finally the big moment had arrived...The EGG HUNT!

Everyone started gathering the eggs, even Zoey, my parents new puppy.

Riley did his thing and ran around grabbing as many as possible.  All the while, we were yelling save some for the little ones!

Alex did her thing and sat down crying, being Miss Dramatic.  Apparantly "they were getting all the eggs!"  Nevermind how many they got while she pouted...

And Caleb did his thing....taking care of Alex.  I think he has shared his eggs with Alex every Easter for as long as they could hunt.  What a sweet boy!

All while the adults stood back taking pictures & laughing as they go.

This is my cousin Jamie, husband Chad, Aunt Jeanne, & Caleb.  I had to get in a family photo so that I can have group shots for our yearly Family calendar.

Grandma Betty, Grandpa Bill, and great grandkids!

Papaw & great grandkids- Nemo had to work since we celebrated on a Saturday. :(

Finally our own extended family.  We did not get one of us the day before, so we took it right after church on Easter Sunday.  Can't you just see the joy on Randy's face at having to take pictures while at church!

We concluded Easter Sunday by spending the afternoon with the Farris family, while my parents went home for a much needed nap.  I don't have any pictures of the afternoon.  But I can tell you that it involved all the Farris' minus Kalee plus Jason & Danielle Farris, in town from Alabama.  We had lots of fun, too many Bushwackers, and the boys got a chilly dip in the pool.  Ahh family!