Easter 2012

We had a very busy, but wonderful Easter weekend!  It was filled with lots of Easter egg hunting, candy, outdoor play, and of course, the celebration of our risen Savior!  Ansley was definitely on cloud 9, asking us after every fun activity..."wha we gonna do next mommy?" She was cracking us up!  Saturday we headed to my aunt and uncle's church, Harmony in Marble Hill for Easter egg hunting.  They put out 15,000 eggs!  The fields were covered!  It was so fun for the kiddos.

This girl was loving it!

Can you see the massive amounts of eggs around her? Wow. 

The purple eggs were her favorite...she was pretty selective. 

Precious. 

My sweet girl 

Our little family 

We were emptying eggs and Ansley found a few tootsie rolls to munch on, as you can see. 

My cousin, Laura and her daughter, Chiara helping us sort.  It was a big job with all those eggs! 

She had picked up several resurrection eggs and some eggs with little things in them, such as a stone (the stone that was rolled away), praying hands (for both Mary's that prayed for Him), dice (for the people gambling for his clothes and so many other examples).  They did such a great job explaining it all to the kids.  This is Ansley telling my cousin Cassidy why her egg is empty...He's alive!! 

Look at all those eggs! 

My cousins, Shelby and Cassidy with Ansley as she digs in the giant tub of eggs. 

After our fun Easter egg hunt at Harmony we went to visit the Easter bunny at Bloom (it has been an Easter tradition).  However, she was NOT having it, so we took a few sugar cookies for the road and scooted on out pretty quickly!  After a much needed nap, we headed to P & P's house so Ansley and Brynn could open their Easter baskets.  Let's just say, the princesses the girls got were a BIG hit!!  That's all Ansley seemed to care about for the rest of the evening.

Uncle Jason and baby Brynn

Ansley playing with her new princesses

Pamaw reading to the girls

On Easter we had a wonderful church service and then headed to my cousin's cabin for lunch.  We love to go out there because it's beautiful and there's so many things to do.

Ansley and Jansen opening their Easter buckets from Mimi & BB

Ansley with M & B 

We had to have one with Jansen too! 

Ansley and Daddy fishing on the dock (please note the skirt on Ansley...she refuses to wear anything but a dress these days.  Even when going to the cabin.)

She loves to be outdoors! 

Aunt Laura was helping with the little fishing buddies this time 

After a fun afternoon at the cabin we went to Pamaw and Pappaw's for dinner and another Easter egg hunt.  Ansley, Brynn, and Brooks had so much fun!

This is baby Brynn's new snarl.  She loves to scrunch that nose up now.  It's just too cute!

Here they are after their successful hunt.

She was so happy about getting more peeps!

Easter was so fun this year and the best part was that Ansley could verbalize why we celebrate it.  We are so thankful for our risen Savior!!