Easter, Hunts & Crafts

We have been getting very wet here lately, and Saturday was no different.  Soccer games got moved inside, we went to our Church's swap n shop and got SOAKED as we left.  That afternoon was an Easter egg hunt at the fair grounds.  We had gone last year and it was great, you get a lot of coupons for free DQ ice cream cones, and pizzas.  So when the rain let up we decided to go see if they were still doing the hunt.  We parked (in a puddle of water) and headed to the hunt areas.  Megan was in one place and the boys were in another.  Megan got to the horse barn and I walked with the boys down to the pavilion just in time for the rain to start coming down again.  It started with a sprinkle and within 30 seconds it was pouring.  Luckily we were under a roof (with some holes, but kept us dry enough).  The hunt started and the boys piled up their baskets.  Connor picked up about 10 eggs and then just sat down to see what was inside.  Bryson filled up his basket and then came and picked up more eggs to put into Connor's basket.

Before the hunt

picking up all the eggs all over the ground, not many hiding places

Bryson's basket full of eggs

The kids with the Easter Bunny

Megan had to run down in the rain with her 2 friends to come get us.  It was pouring and she got soaked.  She dropped some of her eggs as she was running, her friends slipped and fell and her eggs went flying everywhere.  Megan came to me crying and telling me that this is the worst Easter ever.  This is what she looked like. 

Then when I left to go get the van Megan found one of the "Prize eggs" in her basket.  So we went to turn the egg in to see what her prize was and this is what she got.

It went from the worst Easter ever to the Best Easter ever.  She talked about it all night and told everyone that she found the prize egg and that she found it in the last cupboard in the barn. 

 

Here is a video of the boys picking up their eggs, you can hear the rain pounding on the roof.

Easter Morning

 The kids with their Easter Baskets

 Megan in her Easter dress.

I wasn't lucky enough to get pictures of the boys since they wouldn't cooperate, but you can see them in pictures below of their cute Easter outfits that matched (Bryson has his vest off for the Easter egg hunt)

We celebrated Easter with a few families from our ward (about 8) and we had a wonderful ham dinner and then we lucked out that it had stopped raining for most of the afternoon so we were able to do an Easter egg hunt outside.  Slightly muddy, but the kids had fun. 

 

My Crafts 

 In my spare time I have been making these flower clips that I learned how to make at our Super Saturday last year.

And with my new sewing machine I am re-learning how to sew and I made a blanket for each of the kids for Easter.  I bought the sewing machine since it reminds me of my Grandmother and how she would make blankets for all of the new great grand babies, so my first project was in memory of her and what an amazing woman she was and all of the love that she put into making the blankets.  I am sure that she would be proud of me and the blankets that I made.

Megan's

Bryson's

Connor's

I have to add that when I went to buy the fabric I originally wanted to give Bryson the orange ball blanket since his favorite color is orange.  But Connor was obsessed with it at the store and wouldn't let me put it away.  So after I was done making them we brought Connor in and had him point to which one he wanted and he of course grabbed the ball one.  Then we brought Bryson in and he said that he would take the monkey one cause Connor likes the balls.  I was very impressed with Bryson.  He usually is very stubborn and when he wants something he sticks to it, but this time he was very generous.  I'm hoping that he is learning.  I've very proud.