Easter 2011

We had a wonderful Easter! We had two parties, one at Grandma Olsen's house and one at our house on Easter weekend. I will hopefully post some pictures from Grandma's party soon, but this post is from the party at our house.

We dyed eggs on Saturday when Daddy got home. We have this little toy where you put in the dye then put in the eggs, and when you push down the button, it tye-dyes the egg. This was the highlight of the event.

We all wore our matching aprons from Grandma while dying the eggs.

We also had an egg hunt on Sunday afternoon. I love the determined look on Janie's face. And see the chalk on the walls of our fence? This keeps the girls entertained for minutes, if not hours!

Sami knew the eggs had candy. Jonathan and Aunt Tami ate a few of the treats in the eggs before the hunt, and Sami would leave those eggs on the ground. She is too smart for her own good!! (And she was so fast running around finding eggs that I didn't get any great pictures, but I love this one of her eating candy. It pretty much sums up the afternoon and accounts for the sugar high she had that night.)

One of the details from Easter that I want to remember is that Sami was worried that the Easter bunny was going to come in our house and take her purple bear from Grandma. I have no idea why she thought this! But we finally convinced her that the Easter bunny only gives us stuff, doesn't take stuff. 

We are so blessed to have Aunt Tami and Grandma close by so they can join in the party.

Of course the best part of Easter is church. I love that my girls were matchy-matchy.

 I am so grateful for our Savior, who gives us everything of value: hope, joy, peace, forgiveness, and love. 

Happy Easter!