Easter Festivities

We had a very busy Easter Weekend. We started off Friday evening dying our Easter Eggs. The boys had a blast but I don't think it was enough eggs for them. On Saturday, we headed to the Easter Egg Hunt at the Knight's Home. Andy was the chairperson this year and the rain was a challenge. Adam fell asleep on the drive there, so luckily Grandma Kay scooped him out of the van and let him nap at her house while Lucas and I went to the hunt. Lucas was pretty crabby but had a great time hunting eggs, opening them to find surprises inside, and sampling some of his findings. He found 15 eggs and one of them had a dollar inside!



On Saturday evening we headed to Grandma Kay's and Paps house for a nice Easter Eve Dinner. We had my favorite, lamb chops, and they were delicious! The boys had another Easter Egg hunt and got baskets stuffed with goodies. They also got bicycle helmets for camping and bike riding this summer.

On Sunday morning, we woke up and found that the Easter Bunny had hidden the eggs we decorated earlier in the weekend and had left all 4 of us goodies in our Easter baskets. The boys got DVDs, kites, books, socks, crayons, bubbles, crocs, pinwheels and chocolate bunnies in theirs. Andy got trail mix and a DVD, and somehow the Easter Bunny sneaked into our house (after I filled the baskets) and left Mommy an iPad2. I love it!!!

After all the surprises, we wrestled the boys into their Easter outfits and surprised Grammy and Papaw Jim at their Easter Sunday Church Services. I'll be honest our boys are not at all practiced at sitting through services, but they did ok. During the children's message, Adam did climb up on the back alter and try to touch the candle and Lucas did take his shoes off, but that just provided entertainment to the adults :) After service we headed back to Dad's for family pictures, which is a challenge with little ones, but was a success. The kids got to hunt for eggs outside in the gravel and we enjoyed a delicious lunch. The boys enjoyed visiting with Great Granny, The Ashburn's, Aunt Dena, and Aunt Amber and Uncle Nathan throughout the day. All in all we had a wonderful reason to celebrate and a wonderful time with our family. I have posted a slideshow with more pics of the weekend. Enjoy!

Easter Art Project

Lucas using a glue stick for the first time

Lucas's bunny

Adam's bunny

I love suckers!!

Well, we did our first successful art project. The boys made Easter bunnies. Adam loved the pipe cleaners so he got an extra set of whiskers. He didn't quite get the concept of gluing cotton balls on so he has a bald bunny. He colored his own face on his bunny and paid attention way longer than I expected. He got to eat a sucker while we finished up :)

Lucas was very excited about an art project. He wanted to do the whole thing. He drew circles for his eyes and a smile. He threaded the pipe cleaners through and then covered it all up with the cotton balls. This was the first time he worked with a glue stick (at least at home) and he loved it. Our Easter bunnies are being proudly displayed on our refrigerator.

Fun Morning at the State Park

Slide races with Grandma

Lucas with the snail

Adam being his adorable self on the picnic table

We headed to Harmonie State Park this morning with the boys and Grandma Kay. We walked through the woods hunting for morels. We found about 6 and the boys got to pick them. The boys loved playing with the sticks, climbing over logs, and running away from us on the trails. We saw a squirrel, frog, and snail. We had to take away the snail from Lucas after he licked it. How gross!

After an hour or so of "hiking," we headed to the picnic area and enjoyed a nice picnic lunch and then the boys played on the playground. Adam loved the tire swing and Lucas loved the fire pole. We had a fantastic time and the weather was beautiful. I even came home and worked in the landscaping for several more hours in order to enjoy the weather. We ate our morels for supper and they were very yummy. This was our first trip to the park besides camping and I have feeling after the time we had today, we will be going back frequently.

Mr. & Mrs. Poag Nuptials

Carrie and Brandon Poag had a gorgeous wedding! Carrie looked stunning as we all knew she would. Brandon looked handsome and everything went perfectly. The boys provided some humor as they performed their ring bearer duties. Adam held the pillow in a bear hug and ran down the aisle with determination and a huge grin. It was adorable! Lucas tried to walk with the pillow between his legs and then when he dropped it, he decided to just sit on it. An usher was kind enough to pick him up and proceed down the aisle. Lucas yelled out, "Put me down!" The usher did and Lucas proudly finished walking up the aisle and handed the pillow to Brandon. Then I proceeded to hand the boys off to Dad and Eileen so they could go home and nap. Whew!!

I didn't get many pictures of the actual event as Andy and I were both in the wedding party, but I have hijacked the pictures below just for a little taste of what is to come. I will post more as I get access to the professional photos.

Congratulations to the happy couple!!

Pictures from Trip to the Zoo