Easter Par-tay

Easter morning started off with a bang!  The Easter bunny had stopped by sometime during the night and left three really cool Easter baskets for the kids.

Jackson got a baseball Easter basket that he thought was way awesome.

Lila got a really cute bunny that said, "Happy Easter" when you pushed his belly.

And Maddie got these adorable bunny ears to make her feel even more festive. 

After singing "Happy Birthday" to Miss Lila (yes, my baby turned 2!) and eating donuts and sausage rolls for breakfast, it was time to go to church.

These three goofballs looked so precious in their Easter outfits:)

After church we came home for a little downtime.  By mid-afternoon the party really began.  First, Aunt Lyndsie and Uncle Scott got here with even more presents for the kids. 

These kids opened Easter presents four different times on Sunday!  It really was a bit like Christmas around here.

Since it was also Lila's birthday, we had plenty of sweets to celebrate.  We made our traditional bunny cake on Friday and then Aunt Lyndsie very sweetly agreed to make Lila's cake and cupcakes.  She really outdid herself!  They were sooooo good.

We spent the first part of the afternoon in the kitchen.  While Jared and I worked on fancy mac and cheese our moms helped out with the dishes.

Our dads didn't work on dishes, but they were there for support:)

I really didn't sit down all day except for about 30 seconds with my husband! 

I was way too busy cooking and capturing sweet moments like this one...

and this one.  Lila would run from one side of the living room to the other.  Every time she ran back to see Aunt Lyndsie she would get this huge grin on her face and laugh so hard, then take off running again.

By 5:30 we were ready to chow down.  We were so excited that our whole fam was there to celebrate this very special day with us.

After dinner we got a big surprise...the sun came out!  Hooray!  The Egg Hunt was back on!

We had at least 200 eggs, maybe more, for our hunt and the kids were pumped.

Since it was muddy from the rain they put on their boots...

and went to town gathering all of the eggs into their baskets.

Maddie struck gold up on the trampoline...

while Lila worked hard to fill her basket in the middle of the yard.  No help needed this year!

J man finally realized how many eggs were covering the trampoline, so he ran over to snag a few.  Within 5 minutes they had all been gathered and the kids were spent.

So did we all go in and rest?  Nah--time to get out the pitching machine to play ball and jump on the tramp.  There is no rest for the weary!  It was a really nice afternoon and we were so thankful to be able to spend it outside.

Stay tuned for pictures of the birthday girl!