easter smiles

We had a very fun Easter, yes we did!  Having two little boys on days like these keeps getting more and more fun as they grow, now together.  We started with a quick egg and Easter basket hunt indoors (yucky rain), headed to church to celebrate the whole point of Easter, and then enjoyed everything about a lunch and afternoon with some friends from church.  Here is a photo recap:

Oh yeah, the celebrating started with a mall bunny visit the day before.  This one had personal space issues.

our house before church, getting a look at what's in the basket

round 2 of egg hunting (at Hiers) - attempting to out-run the rain

checking out more loot

(this bunny even left ME a basket with 2 seasons of Gilmore Girls dvds - amazing!!)

baby bunny who wooed everyone with his old raggedy onesie  ;)

(Btw, a word about the Hiers/Nichols clan.  They have taken such good care of our family while we've been in PA - being some of the first visitors to see baby Ben in the hospital, babysitting our boys so Bran and I could have some actual real-life date nights, sending smiles and encouragement our way to keep us going - if I made a church member all-star team, they would totally be on it.)

my sentiments, exactly.  wonderful day.

and because I can't help but add these in too...

So, no there aren't any pictures to document church, but that part is more about Him than us anyways, so let these words paint the picture...

"All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. It is by his great mercy that we have been born again, because God raised Jesus Christ from the dead. Now we live with great expectation, and we have a priceless inheritance—an inheritance that is kept in heaven for you, pure and undefiled, beyond the reach of change and decay." 1 Peter 1:3-4

Happy Easter 2011!