Monday, April 21, 2014

Getting ready for the big celebration!

There was so much to do to get ready for our Easter celebration at Nannie & Grandpa’s house! We had to dye Easter eggs, decorate the bunny cake, & get ready for Mommy’s picture marathon…

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Ben liked coloring eggs for about 5 seconds…

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… but he was much more into destroying them & eating them…

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Waiting for the eggs to get dark enough was hard to do…

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… but it was worth the wait! They turned out beautiful!

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We LOVE making the bunny cake with Nannie every year! This time, she let us decorate the whole thing by ourselves!

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Before Mommy took about 1,000 pictures, we enjoyed getting ready in Nannie’s bathroom!

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We’re all ready now!!!

Easter day fun!

We woke up on Easter Sunday at 5:30am, and went to see the sunrise at the ocean with Nannie & Grandpa. When we got back, it was time to open our Easter baskets!

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After breakfast, we enjoyed an awesome egg hunt in the yard with our cousin Liam! He was a bit happier doing the hunt than he was for taking Easter pictures…

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After that, we enjoyed the beautiful day with some kite flying, tire swinging & motorcycle riding!

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Easter just wouldn’t be a holiday without a picture like this from Emily…

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Ben LOVED the motorcycle so much, that he was quite unhappy when he had to give his sisters a turn…

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.. this is his “defeated” look…

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Good thing Grandpa has a quad too… the smile came right back! This kid is ALL boy!

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Nannie & Grandpa were pretty tired with all of the activities this weekend… We honestly don’t think Grandpa was even awake here! Thanks for having us, even though we’re exhausting!

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