Easter.....Part 2..

We had a very full day yesterday. We started out the morning by attending church with Chris and family. Of course we had to make 2 Easter services because Avery had 2 Easter dresses (mommy couldn't decide between 2).

Here she is with all her accessories getting ready:
For Christmas Aunt Kathy and Uncle Bill had given her a pearl set (earrings, bracelet, and necklace) so we thought Easter was a great time to debut that set!

At one of my showers for Avery I received this beautiful dress, complete with mini dress for her doll
Avery and her doll in their matching dresses. Please ignore the tape measure....it's her new obsession.

Our little poser in Easter dress #2 (the first one you saw in the last post)

Our big extended family Easter egg hunt was postponed until next weekend due to weather so instead our immediate family gathered at mom's for Easter lunch and a bit of family time.
Me and my baby girl!!

Kolin modeling Avery's bunny ears (she wouldn't wear them)!!

After lunch the kids gathered at the table to color some eggs.
Lots of colors to choose from.

After coloring the real eggs we hid some plastic ones in the yard for Avery to hunt. Since this is her 3rd hunt this year she needed no direction, she just jumped right on it.
She knew exactly what to do when she found an egg....in the basket it goes!!

Mom made her this shirt to wear on Easter. Isn't it fabulous??

She was running so hard trying to get to more eggs, she took a tumble. Don't worry she popped right back up and was at it again in seconds.

She definitely made a haul!!

Our happy hunter!!

Kelby decided to have some fun while she was hunting and start hurdling her. It did not faze her at all, she just kept right on hunting along.

After we came home from mom's the Easter Bunny had left a basket for Avery. Paul had to work a few hours that morning (the joys of retail)so the bunny made a late delivery for us! :)

Checking out her stash from the Easter bunny!!

Wasn't it nice of him to include toothbrushes along with all the candy??

Avery and her daddy. A happy girl after her first family Easter.

We had a great holiday. We were able to experience two worship services, spend some great time with the family, and see our little girl's face light up at all the festivities.

We still have the postponed Easter egg hunt next weekend as well as a mini celebration with Paul's family to go, so we are not done yet.

Hope you all had a very blessed day.

Happy Monday!!

Happy Easter!!!!

Can you believe these 2 pictures are only 1 year apart? Where did my baby go?

Easter 2008
Technically it was 2days after Easter. We were in China and Avery had been with us a whole 24 hours!!!

Easter 2009
Our little girl getting ready to attend the special Saturday night Easter service at church.

May you all have a wonderfully blessed Easter!!

HE IS RISEN!!!!

Easter festivities......part 1..

Avery has been a little egg hunting fool this week :)

Wednesday night she was invited to go to an egg hunt with Kiesha and the girls. Because I had to work my first inclination was to not let her go. It was to be her first egg hunt and I did not want to miss it. I told myself that that was a selfish thought so I gave in and let her but made Kiesha promise to take pictures! Needless to say after I say the smiles on her face in the pictures I am glad she went. I know she had a good time!!

Scoping out her eggs but pausing to have a candy break.

Here she is with her bounty.....is that smile not adorable?

Thursday evening was spent making cupcakes for her Easter party at daycare. Even though she only attends 2 days a week we were invited to come up on her off day to celebrate with her class. We were in charge of bringing cupcakes for the kids.

I decided to let her help with the sprinkles and even though it was a HUGE mess, she really enjoyed her job.

Here are the finished products.

Now most of you know that my mom decorates cakes. So of course she got in on the action and wanted to do some professional cupcakes as well...
Here are the baby chicks and lambs that the little ones loved!!

Friday afternoon we headed to "school" to attend the party.

Avery with her Easter basket they had made earlier in the week.

Happy girl celebrating with all her friends!

She looks so grown up when she is sitting at the table among the other kids.

We then ventured outside where the egg hunt was about to commence.
At one point Avery just dropped her basket so she could pick up 2 eggs at a time!

Spotting another egg.

Sitting at her place at the table waiting for treats to be served.

So that's what we have done so far and we still have the actually holiday tomorrow!!

I know this post has been about Easter eggs, hunts, cupcakes, and other things but let us not forget the REAL reason for holiday!!!!

We will be attending Easter service tonight at our home church (because Paul had to work in the morning) and then tomorrow morning we are joining Chris and family at their church for services.

Happy Easter!!!

May the Lord bless you on this holiday and everyday!!!

Picture with the Easter Bunny

Okay....so just in case you have forgotten the Santa Claus picture just click here to refresh your memory.

Needless to say a picture with the Easter Bunny did not go any better. At least this time I had the forethought to warn the workers.



Don't worry grandparents it did not take her very long to recover from this torture. It's a wonder what a cookie and an icee can make all better!

Happy Monday!!

Celebrating Kolin's birthday!!

Last Thursday, my nephew Kolin turned 14! Wow, it's hard to believe he is already that old. Time does fly. To celebrate we all got together and had dinner at the local hibachi restaurant. It was a wonderful time to be with family and celebrate Kolin. Of course I had to take some pictures during dinner :)

The birthday boy himself!!

Me and Paul with the typical self portrait!

Kolin receiving a birthday kiss from his mom.

Mom and Dad...you know dad always has to act goofy in the pictures :)

Danette's parents: Charla and James

Avery with her cousins. It it very difficult to get a good picture of the 3 of them.

Our chef grilling up some shrimp.

It always amazes me when they practically set the table on fire!

Avery was not impressed with all the smoke when the chef put the meat on the hot plate.

Avery and her grandma!

Chris and Kelby trying to decide what they are going to order.

Kolin.......we are so proud of the young man you have grown into. You are an awesome cousin to Avery and we can't wait to celebrate many more birthdays with you!!