Easter was a pretty low-key affair for us this year. The kids' 'baskets' were the shoe boxes their (desperately needed) Sunday shoes came in, with a couple things Grandma thought to bring, beside a new Easter outfit. Aaron's mom made Cole's blessing outfit, I made Carson's tie, and my mom made the girls' skirts from a tutorial I found and liked. I even picked out a new sweater for me and a nice tie for Aaron, so we all had pretty spring Sunday clothes.
Decked out in our new Sunday clothes, we headed to church with all our family that was in town. This included Aaron's folks, my folks, Aaron's sisters and their daughters, and Aaron's cousin. Besides the men in our family, Aaron got our home teacher to join the circle and bless Cole. It was a beautiful blessing and a very nice Easter program. My parents even got to join our choir, since they'd just sung the same song for their own stake conference!
After church, we went to Aaron's parents' place for dinner. We got to have some family pictures, though most ended up like the one below; we did manage to get a few to keep, thanks to my dad.
There was a craft, and each of the grandmas took one of our girls and played with sparkly stickers for a little bit.
The kids loved the annual egg hunt. We missed having their second cousins there; they went to their own grandparents' for the holiday. But Evie, Lizzie and Carson certainly seemed to enjoy the lack of competition, since they were the oldest ones there and Jess and Elle were less than enthused.
Just before needing to get to the airport, my dad followed our little tradition and sang his song, "New Eyes, New Smiles" for me and Cole. It was really wonderful that he got to come at all, and I love hearing him sing to my children!
Not long after that, we all headed home. It was such a great day, loving to be with family, celebrating Christ's resurrection and our love for each other. What a happy Easter!
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