Happy Easter!

Easter 2017 - Such a special day.

It was nice weather, no rain and no mud!

Our little family was all together.  What more could we ask for?

This cute bunny had been reminding our neighbors that it was Easter all week.

The kids woke up to find their Easter basket full of goodies.
They immediately put on their bunny ears and opened their gifts.

It did not take long before little sis grabbed her brother's funny glasses.

Daddy had run to the store to buy icing for our still-to-be-made Bunny Cake, and said that he saw something unusual in our front yard when he got back.  We ran out front and found the yard covered in Easter eggs!  The kids didn't know what to make of it, but they didn't want to waste time running back inside for their baskets, so they used their clothes instead.  Such a fun surprise from the Easter Bunny this year!

Somehow, by the grace of God, we were all dressed and ready for church on time.
The girls even had their hair curled!

We walked into church and saw one of our faves--Miss Karlie!  She used to babysit these kiddos when Lila was only 6 months old.  Now she's a NICU nurse!

Everyone was well behaved during church, and I only had to leave once to take Cami to the potty.  We will count that as a win.

We were thankful to have Aunt Lyndsie and Uncle Scott join us this year.
Such a great family picture--the year that Cami may or may not turn around for the camera!

If I'm taking the picture, then she's all smiles.  Such a funny little girl.

Jenny and Dusty sat right behind us in church with this little guy.
Lila loves JP!  It's easy to see why--he's got the best smile!  His big brother was too busy running for me to snap a pic of him, but he's a cutie, too.

We ran home and began preparing lunch.  I finally got all five of us for a family Easter photo.
It's so rare that everyone is this dressed up--I love it.

These two have such a special bond--Gigi loves her only grandson so much.  He's actually taller than she is now, but she was in heels and he had taken his shoes off.  

We got the ham, smoked turkey, potato salad, mac and cheese, strawberry salad and fresh fruit all ready.  After I added the rolls to the table, it was time to enjoy the meal.

After lunch, were all so full that we couldn't even think about eating the Bunny Cake, but it sure was cute!

The girls hula-hooped with their new toys while we hid the eggs.

On your mark...get set...

Go!!!

This was the first year that Cameron really understood the point of hunting the eggs.  She did get distracted a time or two, though, by stopping to see what was inside them!  I had to remind her that there were still more eggs to find.

There was so need to remind the others that this was a race.  They were full-steam ahead!

Lila even got creative and began throwing rocks at the eggs that were up in the trees to try and get them down.

Cami got back in the game and scooped up a lot underneath the trampoline.

This guy was running around so much that most of my pictures of him are blurry!

Madison was trying her best to get eggs, too...

but also stopped to help Cami a time or two.

By the end, there was even egg stealing!
Big daddy remedied that by threatening to throw J in the pool if he didn't return Lila's eggs!

Alas, the egg hunt was finally over and guess what, they all got a ton of eggs.  

They counted out each one--Jackson got 82, Lila got 67, Madison got 65 and Cami got 58.
My gosh!  So many eggs!

Happy girl.

Such a proud little egg hunter.

We enjoyed the rest of the afternoon outside...

then came inside for some pudding dessert and Aunt Lyndsie Easter cookies.  Yum!