Easter

This year Easter was pretty mellow.

Rhett's work threw a big picnic and Easter egg hunt on Saturday. We woke up and Carter had a play date with Gracie. They came and picked him up in the morning. They were going to do an Easter egg hunt, but it was pouring rain so it got cancelled.

We got the kids dressed and headed out the door in the pouring rain hoping that Rhett's work one was moved indoors. They had everything set up in the covered parking. :) It was awesome. They had hundreds of eggs littering the ground when we got there. The twins went wild grabbing them and throwing them. They soon found that when they tossed it... it would break... and candy would appear. Bad news. I was trying to keep them away from the eggs until they started the egg hunt, but it was an impossible task. :)

I wasn't the only parent that was having a hard time so they decided to do the egg hunt shortly after we got there. We saw a fire truck pull up and out popped Sparky the dog and the Easter Bunny. The kids reactions were a little mixed. Taylor could have cared less, but did give the Easter bunny a high five for a treat. Hunter hugged them both and thought they were great while Ryker was going no where near either of them.

After that they did the egg hunt followed by lunch and tons of little activities. They had face painting to which Taylor really wanted to go, but said to the lady, "Do you know any boy things?" She replied she could do a dragon and he was so excited.

They had bubbles which I couldn't keep the twins away from. They had a bouncer, but it was covered in rain. :( They had chalk. Messy, but fun. Then, they had all these little races. They had a three-legged race, sack race, and egg relay.

I am so proud to say that the sack hop was for fathers/sons and Taylor and Rhett won. Taylor had the biggest smile on his face the whole time and it was cute to see Rhett cheering him on. He doesn't usually get to be the biggest boy so it was fun to have him be in the spotlight. :) He also won a chocolate bunny for winning the race!

Carter went to round 1 with Gracie. They were gone for five hours and had a blast together. His favorite things they did there was the archery, basketball, and golf. He also had fun just being with Gracie and getting a happy meal at A & W on the way home. :) He is so big now. Cute little muffin.

Taylor felt bad that Carter didn't get to do an egg hunt so he hid a bunch of eggs up in his bedroom for Carter and Gracie to find. He has such a tender heart. I love when they do nice things without being asked or told. It just melts my heart! :)

Here are a few pictures from the day-

Hunter with his candy. They would mostly throw the eggs and get the candy out. Then, they would just leave the empty egg.

There were SO many eggs and not nearly as many kids as they had thought... so ALL the kids got a ton.

Taylor giving the Easter Bunny a high five.

Collecting eggs.

The three little ones showing Daddy their loot.

Saying hi to the Easter Bunny. The only way I could get Ryker to stay there was to let his hold the bubbles.

Sack race.

And the proud winners. It was seriously the most adorable race. He hopped like a champ. I think all that practice on the trampoline helped him in the race. :)

We had a great Easter. We played on Saturday and focused on the true meaning on Sunday. The kids talked a lot about resurrection and asked many questions about why Grandpa Olsen hasn't been resurrected yet. They were really concerned. It was touching to see how much they miss their Grandpa. :)