Easter Fun!

We had a great Easter weekend this year! I took Kade fishing for the first time at Euchee Creek by our house, he made us a picnic-sandwiches and snacks to eat on the way--plus bread to feed to the birds. He did great learning to cast!

Friday night we had a tornado, This is a pic of Kade next to the roots of the tree that was uprooted.

Jess and I have always loved extreme weather and wanted to see it, but this time, as we sat there watching the lightning storm (amazing) with our power out, with the tornado watch in our county, we seemed to be thinking--'about insurance...are we covered for this?' At any rate, we were just fine and didn't really notice anything had happened until we went to our friend Rachels house a few minutes away for an Easter Egg Hunt the next day to find a large tree uprooted, the neighbors trampoline in her back yard, and fences in their neighborhood were everywhere. So turns out we were closer then we thought!

The Line Up!
SPIDER-MAN EGG! WOO!
THIS IS HOW LUKE LOOKED MOST OF THIS WEEKEND!

The egg hunt was awesome, there were a million eggs and the only problem was the kids didn't have enough room for it all. They all ran around like crazy--but all they really needed to do to fill their baskets was to stop in one place and just pick them up. It was the perfect day (you would never have guessed there was a tornado the day before) Our friends made awesome strawberry ice cream and cupcakes, cookies...it was awesome! It was the perfect day and so much fun to be with friends.

I was a slacker this year and didn't remember to color eggs. Luckily, we went to our friends the to borrow a pan, and they invited us to do it with them. We have some great friends here and are so blessed! The boys were ecstatic-and we had tons of fun! (not to mention that I had no mess to clean up--yay)

On Easter Sunday I had meetings in the morning and Jess had to get the kids up and out by 8:30--so...needless to say, the Easter Bunny didn't make it..it's okay though, cause we wrote a letter telling him to come while we were at church. When the kids got home, they followed the trail of peeps (a tradition Jess remembers from when he was little) to their baskets! As Kade was going through his basket, he saw some yogos that he'd seen the empty box of in the trash a few days earlier and told me that I'd put them in there. I'm glad they know that sometimes we help the Easter Bunny out.

That night we had some friends over for dinner. It was DELICIOUS! I can say that cause our friends brought the ham! Here's what you gotta do....

you--"Hey, do you want to come to our house for Easter dinner?"

them--"fun--what can we bring?"

you--"well, I really like ham..."

ha ha--totally kidding, I didn't do that (but that'd be funny huh?). They're moving and had food they wanted to get rid of. It was a really fun evening with friends where the kids played and we just laughed and talked. Especially with our families so far away, it is so nice to have such great friends!

The Lord has blessed our family in every possible way. We have a happy, healthy, family, and we know God's plan for us. I love my Father in Heaven. I am so extremely grateful to my Savior! My family can be together forever because of Him. I love Easter!