Part 3 and FINAL post about Easter!

I just had too many pictures to include because to be honest, some day when my kids ask my for a baby book, I am going to tell them to come righhhttt here! :-) I have SOME other dates and milestones written down, but I'd be lying if I got it all.

On Saturday, we hosted my family which is relatively small.  My kids are also the only littles so they get lots of love.  My cousin's kiddos are 9 and 11 so they were thrilled to get to hide eggs for my kids.  We grilled and had a bonfire.  It was perfection!

Taylor is loving the sand box.  I have a feeling we will be spending lots of hours out there this summer.

I made a scavenger hunt for Austin and Addison.  They each had 6 eggs that contained clues that were hidden around our yard.  I may or may not have sent Austin on a few long distance runs.  They each had a 1 pound Reeces waiting for them at the end.

Master egg hider!

Taylor can say, "Papa" and loves him to hold her.  I'm not sure who is more in heaven.

Tryn enjoyed carrying her Halloween bucket around. #momwasntprepared

Addi searching for her first clue!

My grandma joined us outside and even sat at the bonfire for several hours!  I just love that she still get to experience these things with us.

Trynlee is getting more used to the sand finally.

Austin found his grand prize buried in the sandbox.

Our kiddos woke up Easter morning to baskets left by the Easter bunny and eggs scattered around out house.

"Look what I found, Mom!"

She was so proud of herself when she would get one all on her own!

That darn bunny hid them all over the place!

Our kids don't really believe in sleeping in!

This was the only picture I really got of their Easter baskets. :(

After some breakfast, we all cleaned up and kind of made it to church on time.  We were actually on time but the Community Center and the Sanctuary were both full with lots of guests, so we ended up sitting in the commons.  Our church had it all set up for this so it was just as good.  Our kids didn't cry at Sunday School drop off, too terribly, so I will call that a big ol' win!

This is as good as it gets, folks!

After some decent naps, we hosted Gavin's parents and siblings Sunday night.  It was pretty low key and fairly early because we also tackled....FAMILY PICTURES...with 17 of us!  It went remarkably well actually.  Other than a certain 3 year old that chose to be difficult for parts of the pictures.  I am praying that we get at least 1 good one!

Tryn wore this adorable romper!  I wish I could get one in my size that looked that good.

Tay wore this cute denim dress.....and played in the sand.  This is me to a T!  I just am not a girly girl and am loving seeing this out of my own girls!

The night ended with lots of cousin time outside and lots of bribery to come in before dark!

Phew!  I think I'm finally done! Don't miss Friday Favorites tomorrow!

We kicked off out family Easter celebrations with Gavin's mom and step-dad on Friday night.  We have 9 grandkids 5 and under.  They love being with each other 95% of the time and generally play really well together.  It's a tad chaotic to say the least!

With the lens I had on my camera in the basement, I couldn't get far enough away to fit everyone in one picture...nor would they sit close enough together for long enough to actually get them all at once.  The two three year old boys on each end prove to be a bit of a challenge when it comes to pictures.

We will have to recreate this some day!

Grandma Carol and Taylor checking out the loot from all of the Easter eggs.

Trynlee wanted to wear a pair of bunny ears.

The slinkies were hot commodities. 

Taylor figured out the egg hunt really quickly!  (and lost interest rather quickly as well!  Lol)

All of the big kids wanted to open the eggs as they went.

Tay was so excited just to carry the bucket around.

A cupcake full of M&Ms that my mom won't let me eat. :-)

Searching high and low!

Ker and Ely watching the chaos!

Serious business...that Rottink tongue is proof that his mind is working!

Oh Ely!  Such a happy little dude!

I mean, that's one way to drive a car.... Grandma's playroom is the best!

Emree, who is 5, definitely was the most competitive at the egg hunt and really understood the importance of going quickly before opening her eggs!!

Kayson and Klay

And Miss Elin didn't do too poorly either!

We had such a great night and were reminded once again of how blessed we are to be surrounded by our family.  We are also sooo fortunate to live near {right next door} to Gavin's brother which allows  our kids to grow up with each other.  They will be forever grateful to have built in besties!  Gavin's other brother, Collin, and his family don't live that far away either and our boys LOVE spending time together...and getting dirty. :-)

The girls each got to do one egg before they just got a snack!

This egg may or may not have ended up on the floor.

So exciting!

Final product!!

I can't brag about our daycare enough!  Not only do our kids absolutely love them.  They do preschool activities, spread God's word, and then do fantastic photo shoots like this.

Treyton still wasn't feeling 100% so wasn't thrilled with a photo shoot.

But, I mean.....sooo good!

My heart!

I'm fairly certain they told him Gavin had a pickle on his head or something along those lines to get him to laugh!

And the two cutest bunnies around!

I'll be back tomorrow with more family celebrations!  My plan was to include one of those in this post but it took our internet all NIGHT to get the pictures uploaded.  Hope your week gets off to a great start!