I love Easter, usually because of the super cute Spring colored dresses they have out in the stores for the girls, but mainly because it's a sign that Spring is FINALLY on its way here and we can get outside and enjoy the massive Easter Egg hunt in my brother Paul's amazing backyard. I joke that I would leave Bismarck for hardly anything...except for their beautiful, huge, FENCED IN backyard :)
This Easter was no different--we colored eggs at home on Friday afternoon! I got each kiddo their own 18 eggs to color(side note--they were all eaten too...between 13 of us in my family!!!) we invited Gma and Gpa over for pizza and some fun egg coloring!! We tried a new pinterest idea where you put shaving cream and food coloring together in a pan...but it didn't do anything amazing!? Pinterest-fail.
Saturday morning we got up and headed to Beulah around noon, we got there and the weather was BEAUTIFUL!! One of our family traditions is kite flying every Easter--we have done this in our apartment parking lots in GF and playgrounds or fairgrounds in Beulah--so we took advantage of the nice weather on Saturday and flew some kites :) Each kite comes with 75 ft of string, so when everyone else was wrapping up their kites, Josh and Zach used everyone elses string to see how high they could get their kite to go---300ft of string later and that kite was really UP THERE!!!
After kite flying, we grabbed a quick snack (Deviled Eggs and Gourmet Dips---yummo) and then headed up to the Americ Inn and did some swimming! Addy was so proud to be able to touch in the 3ft end and hardly put a floaty on the rest of the time we were there! Zach and Anna tried to splash as much water out of the pool and Todd and Casey when they jumped in! We ordered in Hot Stuff Pizza and had a great time!
As it got darker, we wanted to try our first ever glow in the dark Easter Egg Hunt! --thanks Pinterest :) The kids thought it was a neat idea!
Back to the hotel for bedtime for the kiddos and hot tub time for Josh, the nephews, and I! We had a great visit with those guys---man they are really growing up into such nice young men...glad I'm not getting any older as they do...haha!
Sunday morning was cold and it even had snowed a little. Church service was at 10:30 and I think we walked in at 10:29.58--the Easter bunny had found the kids at the hotel when they had went for a morning dip in the pool! Anna got a couple movies and candy, Zach scored some legos and candy, and Miss Addy got a new Barbie, my little Pony and some candy!
After church we headed to Paul and Julies for Easter dinner, Julie cooked a delicious ham and potatoes! After lunch came the HUGE hunt in the back yard! Another fun tradition we have is that my Mom hides one Gold and one Silver egg for the adults to search for!! They have a gift card to Walmart/Target inside! I was the silver winner two years in a row...but this year I had to give up my title :(
Addy found the Gold Egg and Todd found the Silver
Great weekend, with more great memories made...until next year....Happy Easter!!
Oh! And one of my favorites...Some Bunny Loves You, From Addyson
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