Happy Easter

Okay, so I feel like I should give a warning. This post is going to contain a lot of pictures! If you aren't interested in seeing a lot of pictures of really cute little kids all dressed up in their Easter best you should probably just stop reading right now. If children doing things like dying Easter eggs, eating jelly beans, etc. is of no interest to you, well don't waste your time! But, for those of you who are still with me...get ready for a play by play through an Easter adventure with Carter and her posse! We start of course with the giving/receiving of her Easter basket (which could also be described as a second Christmas...I went a little overboard!) We actually gave it to her a little early knowing that Nate would be in San Diego when Easter morning rolled around:

I think it goes without saying...you can count on shoes to bring a smile to her face!

The day before Easter we decided to do some traditional egg dying and got together with Elli and Ava! The girls did a great job and we all had a lot of fun!
I had more fun picking out Carter's Easter dress while I was in Colorado and I'm sure you'll agree she looked pretty darn cute! Here she is getting geared up for the Easter egg hunt we had at church:

There's nothing more fun that twirling in a dress...at least not when your 2.5!

Hanging with her buddies Cooper and Connor...excuse the repetition, I couldn't decide which picture was cuter!

Here are all the kids ready to head out for the hunt!

Carter and her sweet friend Lydia:

And here is Ken and Barbie...I mean Cooper and Carter:

On the hunt! (FYI We're indoors because guess what? It was raining in Whidbey, imagine that!)

A post-hunt photo op for me and Carter:

As you can imagine Carter was pretty worn out from the event filled morning... And this means she's also worn out from me taking a million and one pictures... But, after a nice rest she was ready for round number 2 and our afternoon filled with another egg hunt and Easter Dinner. Our first meal was at my friend Molly's house who had graciously invited us over to share in a feast with her family! We then moved on to my good friend Janelle's house. She had over a group of the husbandless and we had a great potluck dinner as well as another egg hunt for the kiddos. Here is Carter in action:Of course the best part is eating the fruits of your labor:We missed having Nate to share in the day, but overall we really had a wonderful Easter. Hope yours was a happy one...it sure is great to get to celebrate the sacrifice that was made for us so long ago.