Happy Easter

We had a fun Easter this year.  Lots of candy.

My mom had lots of eggs for us to dye.  Hannah watched from the sidelines.

The kids were super excited to make lots of colorful eggs.  Even Adam got really into it and did a bunch of eggs.  We finally stopped when we had some close dye spill situations.

Then the Easter egg hunt at Grandma's house.  Rachel and Megan both went after all the eggs under the kitchen  table.

Whitney tried to find the eggs that were up higher to save the lower ones for smaller kids.

And some people kept eating their Easter candy, but we won't name any names.  And I know he is wearing a Halloween shirt on Easter but arguing with a two year old is useless.

Hannah looked so beautiful in her spring Easter dress.  Because of general conference we didn't even go to church that day.  But I wanted a picture anyway.

Making Easter rolls is a tradition that I think is super important.

We are able to talk about why we have Easter and being grateful for Christ's resurrection.  The rolls taste pretty good too.

Our ward had an Easter party, about two weeks after Easter.  Kind of funny but at least everything is cheaper that way.  We enjoyed our breakfast of pancakes and ham.

Will brought his giant bubbles to entertain the kids before the egg hunt.  Everyone thought they were
pretty awesome.

Hannah "finds" an egg.

The kids had fun running around the field looking for Easter eggs.  They asked people to donate and the ward really came through - 1800 eggs filled with candy were scattered in the field.  So that was pretty awesome.

What a great Easter we had.

Cousin Time

We love hanging out with our cousins.  It was such a fun few days with everyone.

Will's parents brought some little art things.  I think here they were doing stickers.

All the kids loved sitting on the blow up air mattress for scriptures and story time.

We went out to Shari's together.  The food was delicious.  Thanks for the meal.

We also spent a couple days in Pasco with cousins from the other side.  Here the kids sit eating popsicles.

We went to story time together.  They had a fun farm theme.

Doing the activities afterwards.

We found a Burger King close to the library.  The kids can eat a lot of chicken nuggets and ice cream, of course.

One of the days in Pasco was semi-warm weather so we decided to have a picnic in the park.

My parents wanted a picture of all their grandkids.  Everyone is looking in different directions for different cameras but oh well.

We had so much fun with cousins.  I wish we lived closer to everyone so we could hang out more often.

The Sage Center

This was our second time going to the Sage Center in Boardman.  This time was extra fun though because we had extra family.

Now we can all be farmers - or farm animals.

Looking at the desert exhibit.  The kids went around on a treasure hunt throughout the center.

Everyone took turns driving the tractor.

Megan feeling the cheese curds.

Adam and I walked through the special exhibit of women in the armed forces.  It was neat reading their stories.

And the kids loved playing the sort the French fry game.

This was after the simulated hot air balloon ride. 

Adam liked playing with the little train set he found in the gift shop.

And you just can't leave without getting some Tilamook Ice Cream.

We stopped and played in the park and ate our picnic lunch.  It was a little cool but that didn't stop the kids from running around with their cousins.  Thanks for meeting us there Jensens!