Monday, April 13, 2009

Easter Sunday

This years Easter was crazy.
We woke early to read the Resurrection and get to our friends baby blessing. Taelie looked beautiful in her dress and Jennifer and Ben were beaming parents. After we went for a bite to eat . Jennifer had made this amazing fruit bouquet that looked and tasted incredible.
Then off to my parents house for the traditional festivities.

We did an "Egg Toss Championship" again this year. In case you are not familiar with this I will tell you how it works. Our family decorates a dozen plus eggs. Then there is a face off. Each member is paired with another member and they roll their eggs towards each other. When the two eggs hit, one egg will always break and one will stay in tact. The winner of the round will take his/her winning egg and face off a winner of another round. Until it comes down to the final four. The last four have two rounds. And the final egg still in tact is the winner!!! Award with an amazing prize. The greatest part is that it spans the ages. Peach to Grandpa can play and win. Fun Fun Fun.
We always have an egg hunt also. More than a hundred eggs are hidden around the yard. Large ones, regular sized ones, and mini ones. In them are either candy or a number. If it is a number you get, you have hit the jack pot! After all the eggs have been found (or at least all the ones we can find) we take our numbers to the prize room and according to your number you get to pick something great. The prizes range from DVDs to flip flops to nail polish, or a mystery envelope with different amounts of money in them.

Dinner is always good with talking and games to round out the whole evening.

I hope your day was as good as ours.

3 comments:

kim said...

April, your family is gorgeous! What cute kids, and you look so great! Good luck with your summer in Chicago, I hope all goes well! :)

Jen @ Love, the Arthurs said...

We were so glad you guys were able to make it to Taelie's blessing. That egg game sounds like fun. I think I'll have to introduce it to my family!

Joanna said...

SOO cute! We sure missed you on Easter maybe SOMEDAY we'll be able to celebrate a holiday together!

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