We had a great Easter. The Easter bunny even remembered to visit. Stella is terrified of the Easter bunny. She had been in tears in days leading up to Easter in fear that the Easter bunny would not only come to our house and there was a chance that she might see him, but that he would go in her room. She requested we leave a note on her door saying, "Easter bunny, do not come in Stella's room." As far as she knows this is exactly what we did.
Bring on the eggs!
Isaac found an egg on his way downstairs from his room. Looks like the Easter bunny came.
The kids have raided their Easter baskets.
The egg hunt is on.
Isaac let his brothers and sister find the eggs while he ate the candy out of them one by one.
Time to get dressed and ready for church.
Papa read the kids a quick story before we left for church.
Yep. This photo looks just like all our family photos look. It's pretty much identical to the photo we took last Easter and the one before that. Will I ever get a family photo where we are all looking at the camera smiling?
On an average day at church we send Stella and Isaac to the nursery. Carson and Owen sit with us during the service. There was no nursery for the little ones on Easter Sunday. All four kids in church, during the entire service on Easter Sunday was more than we bargained for, but in all honesty the kids behaved themselves pretty well.
Waiting for the restaurant to open.
Isaac with his khaki socks, tennis shoes, basketball shorts and sweater vest?
Stella with her new cape, goggles and pretty bracelet?
Or
Carson with his baseball get-up, new green cape, punching balloon and swim goggles?
They all look pretty awesome don't they.
Our Easter ended up being a little untraditional, but I will say a good effort was made, our hearts were in the right place, and the Easter bunny knew exactly where to find the Wright kids.
So when asked what we did on Easter here's how I answer in the form of pictures.
The kids got up and saw the Easter bunny had left them Easter baskets.
Owen and Carson going through their "goods."
Stella found her Pez.
Isaac with his bunny ears.
It was a very long walk to the church. There was a road that was closed so we had to walk over a dirt road, across a field, and up a hill. When we finally got to the church it was standing room only. We were about ten deep. We had seats saved in the church for us, but couldn't get to them.
So what do you do with six kids (our four and two of our nephews) and four adults when you can't get into church on Easter? Well, this is what we did.
We took our traditional Easter pictures of the kids and an attempt of a family picture.
The three boys.
Stella and her brothers. Our only good picture of the four kids.
Our family.
After pictures of the kids were through we let the kids run. And when I say run, they ran!
Luke, Owen, Isaac, Carson. Stella and Jake ran all the way to the trees and back...a couple of times.
Running back up the hill.
Jake and Stella going back down the hill.
The adults (Carson, Papa, Uncle Klay and myself) started to get cold so we encouraged the kids to run back to the van so we could warm up. It was the only car that was unlocked. Mark has his car keys with him. He actually made it though the crowd to the seats in church. So the Kluver boys and Papa were locked out of their car. On the way to the vehicles we found this.
And why wouldn't the kids all go in the dirty loader to get a picture in their Easter clothes?
We finally made it to the van. The kids watched Scooby-Doo while waiting for church to get out.
(F) Isaac, Jake, and Stella, (B) Owen, Luke and Carson
Luke and Jake watching a movie in the van.
We finally make it back to Mark's and Amy's house. The kids shot hoops.
Isaac talked Papa into his "nice shot."
Hunting for eggs.
Counting the loot.
Stella wearing the beautiful barrette my friend Dina made for her.
Stella loved playing with the stacking cups with Pa. So sweet.
Baby Will was tuckered out!
We all had a wonderful Easter. It was a bit non-traditional, but it all turned out okay and was a lot of fun. We were able to spend it with family and that is very important to us. We wouldn't have had it any other way!
