some easter fun

Derek and I found some great easter eggs last night at Target.  I have searched the internet to find a picture of them but I can't seem to find anything.

The eggs have prompted us to have a night time Easter egg hunt.  The eggs are all dark colors with a single band of reflective yellow through the center.  I believe there are 24 eggs in a pack (already full of candy) and 2 flashlights.  The kids can search the backyard in the dark for the eggs and if I can pull it together I may turn it into a Saturday night movie night in the backyard.

Target had a bunch of cool plastic eggs - some with nature designs on them like rocks, water, grass (these would be great for older kids because they would be much more difficult to find & we all know that one of our jobs as parents is to make things incredibly hard and frustrating for our kids)  They had some that looked like tree bark, other eggs that had sticky stuff or hangers so that you could hide the eggs up off the ground - there is a whole aisle of sneaky egg stuff.

special request

I had a request to post this picture of the boys in their Easter garb. I realized that I did not get a picture of all the kids together - what was I thinking?

happy easter

We had a very nice Easter. Derek had no church meetings before church so we were able to enjoy the morning together as a family. Here are a few shots we took before church.
Derek was asked to sub for the 16 and 17 year old Sunday School class. I made some Easter cupcakes on Saturday night for Derek to take to his class - I think the cupcakes got some of the kids out of the hall and into class :)
After church we spent the rest of the evening at my parents house. Ryan and Katie were there as well. We had a nice dinner and a lot of fun together after dinner. We had an impromptu photography session and this picture for whatever reason makes me smile. I realize it is not a great photo but I think it's kinda funny