Happy Easter! He is risen! What a fun filled weekend! We started the celebration on Saturday afternoon with an amazing church service. The kids got to participate in the sermon and sang "Jesus the Messiah" in front of a packed house. Don't they looked enthused to be all dressed up?
After church we tackled coloring Easter eggs. Luckily we all love eggs so we will be feasting on them for days! 
Sunday morning the kids were up VERY early to hunt Easter eggs.
The Easter bunny spoiled them rotten with all kinds of goodies! 
Claire had fun opening her eggs and didn't care what was in them (I really tried to limit the candy) Carter on the other hand was disappointed when some eggs were as he called them "dud's" meaning they were empty!
Once the eggs were all opened, we headed back to Griswold to spend time with our family. We were able to use the community area at the assisted living facility where my grandma lives to have our potluck dinner. We were able to see some family we hadn't seen in a long time! My grandpa who is in the nursing home part of the facility had been down with the flu, so wasn't able to join us for dinner, but we were able to visit him briefly. After the kids opened yet another Easter basket the Easter bunny left at G&G Berry's we headed out to visit Jeremy's mom. As I was leaving, I ran into an old classmate who I hadn't seen in years! It was so fun to catch up with you Jenny Schroeder sittin in the motor!
When we got home, we had a surprise! I had left the kids Easter baskets out on the living room floor in our haste to get out of the house in the morning. Charlie had a guilty look on his face as I opened the door. He had helped himself to ALL of the candy in the kids baskets. Just image chocolate, marshmallows, and jelly beans smeared all over your living room carpet. I still can't figure out how he got some of those packages open but I would have loved to have been a fly on the wall to see what fun he had! The kids stood in awe then realized what had happened and started to cry! It was almost a blessing to see all the candy gone! Luckily, Charlie didn't have any reaction to eating all the sugar and chocolate! Now, I just have to figure out how to get this carpet clean...I am dreaming of laminate floors in my near future! 
