Easter times

We had a nice (but busy!) Easter weekend. The girls didn’t have school on Good Friday, so we headed out of town on Thursday night. Traffic heading out of the cities was terrible (ugh) – so we were a bit late in getting to Alexandria for my niece Emma’s First Communion. It was a very nice service though, and depicted a reenactment of the Last Supper. Afterward, the girls and I rode with my parents out to their farm. Jamie went to his parent's farm to go turkey hunting. The girls and I spent Friday at my parent’s, it was a pretty relaxing day but the weather was very chilly! The girls had fun playing with their cousins William and Noelle. Despite the chilly temperatures, the kids really wanted to play outside. It is nice that they are at an age where they can play out there by themselves! We also drove to the nearby small town of Hoffman to see the store where my Mom is a vendor. She sells American Girl doll clothes and accessories that she sews. Her stuff is so cute and unique! We also had lunch there, the girls thought it was pretty cool to have a root beer float for lunch. J Spoiled by Grandpa and Grandma!!

We went over to the Suchy farm on Saturday morning, and celebrated Easter with them that day. The Easter Bunny hid eggs both inside and outside so Olivia, Violet and cousin Claire had fun finding them. Then of course we had a huge meal, we all were stuffed afterward. The weather ended up being beautiful that day, so we mostly sat outside and visited. Olivia, Violet and Claire played in the sandbox and ran around outside. We went to church in Millerville at 8:00 that night. On the way into town, we stopped at the cemetery and showed the girls Uncle Jim’s grave site. It was nice to pay him a visit. Then, we headed into church. We left after 1 hour and 45 minutes – and the service was still going! I couldn’t believe it. Olivia and Violet did very well sitting that long, but it was already way past their bedtime since it was 9:45.

Olivia and cousin Chelsey

Outside egg hunt with Grandpa

Olivia: "JACKPOT!!"

Violet: "I found one!"

Cousins - silly face picture!

On Easter Sunday, we went to Rhonda & Jeff’s house in Alexandria. The kids had an Easter egg hunt which was pretty fun. The eggs were hid inside, but their Easter baskets were hid outside. The weather was awesome so the cousins all basically ran around together outside while the adults visited. J They got a little muddy, but other than that didn't get into too much trouble! We also celebrated William’s 5th birthday (which is actually on May 9) and Emma’s First Communion. It was so much fun to see the girls play with their cousins, they definitely had a blast.

Violet & Olivia on Easter Sunday

Family picture

Hunting for eggs

Grandpa & Grandma Thronson with their grandchildren

Happy Birthday William! Happy 1st Communion Emma!

Olivia’s top front tooth has been VERY wiggly, it finally fell out at school a couple of days ago. Well, the one next to it got loose and happened to fall out moments later! So she lost two teeth in one day, which she thought was pretty cool. Here is her new smile!