April 13, 2008

• Easter Fun

  It’s been almost a month since Easter, but I wanted to post a few pictures anyway of some of the things we did with the kids.

  Anna Kathryn’s cousin Austin invited her to his church Easter egg hunt on Saturday. When we arrived, they ushered us to a small room to wait for the eggs to be hidden strewn about the play yard, and the children were given a presentation about the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ with a project using the colors of jelly beans. 

  

  The twins felt pretty proud of themselves when they got set in chairs with the big kids. Their cousin Lauren is sitting next to them. Then we were sent outside for the hunt. Anna Kathryn knew just what to do, and ran about picking up eggs. John and I each took a boy and showed them the ropes. They filled and dumped their baskets several times, and had a blast. William is in the gray; Stephen in navy blue.

  

  On Sunday, we went out to the courtyard at our church and had a friend we ran into take a family picture of us. Then we ran around after our kids and tried to get some cute shots. They thought they were getting away with something and started running around the courtyard with wild abandon. We ended up with skinned knees on both the boys, but nobody seemed to really complain.

  

  

  All of these are Stephen. He was being the most precocious. William was too fast to catch on film. I’m serious. He also did not wish to be seen in public wearing that ridiculous hat. Wait, there he is.

  

  I am embarrassed to be seen in these photos. I went to church wearing classy black heels, which I very quickly discovered were not made to walk a mile in (yes, our church is that big). After church I changed them for my flip-flops which I luckily found stashed in the van, after which we decided to go to the courtyard. So I crossed my feet and tried to hide them under the stone bench, but alas, our gallant photographer didn’t take the hint.

  

  After church, we all met up at Pa and Bebe’s house for lunch. They are actually Brayden and Lauren’s grandparents, but Anna Kathryn follows her cousins’ lead in all things, and calls them by their “grandparent-y” names. Bebe thinks she may be growing out of her name, but good luck changing it now!! Our kids think of them as their third set of grandparents.

  After lunch, we had a little Easter egg hunt in the front yard. There’s Bebe helping the cousins find the really hidden ones.

  

  

  William took to the hunt like a pro, waltzing all over the yard, while Stephen found one lucky spot and stayed there, while his older cousins came to him and filled his coffers basket.

  

  Uncle Anders showed up. He was a great addition, though I think he called Leif a turd for going to his girlfriend’s family’s place for lunch instead. He hadn’t met some of the extended family here yet, but he fit right in. I was ecstatic to have him. I told Steve that if his two sisters were going to move to Memphis to keep him the foreigner company, then by george my two brothers were going to do the same. So hah.

  

  Lauren and Anna Kathryn.

  

  

  We tried to get a picture of all the cousins together, and there may be one floating around in somebody’s camera, but it was a challenge. Someone was constantly walking off or bursting into tears, though we won’t name names, Stephen and William.

  

  Siblings, three.

  

  

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