Easter Weekend 2016

We had a wonderful Easter weekend! The girls have been asking for a while to go back to Fiesta Farm (a small local farm about 5 minutes from our house with a little petting zoo) for a while now, so we did that on Saturday morning! The highlights of our visit were baby bunnies (!!!!!!) which were just about the cutest little things I've ever seen & a little obstacle course of tractor tires they have set up for the kids to play on--the girls had a blast on them! Of course I didn't get any pictures of the tractor tire climbing or the baby bunnies, but here's a few shots I did get!

Shelby adored her pony ride as usual, but Hadley still wants nothing to do with them!

After naps on Saturday afternoon, we dyed eggs, made Easter cookies, & did a pretend Easter egg hunt in the living room to prepare for our THREE egg hunts on Sunday! :)

Easter Sunday was jam-packed with fun! We started out our morning with Easter baskets & pancakes before heading to the 9:30 service at our church.

Walking down the stairs hand in hand, this sight never gets old :)

The girls have been itching to make Smores again, so the Easter Bunny kindly brought them all the fixings! Both girls got new books, some candy, a lollipop (which they both specifically asked the Easter Bunny for), bubbles, matching swimsuits, and tickets to Disney on Ice next weekend--woohoo! :) 

Shelby's first look at her new joke book..it was a big hit!



We didn't take any family photos on Easter Sunday b/c there simply wasn't time, and I didn't feel like forcing the girls to take a picture that I knew wouldn't turn out that great anyways. ;)  So despite the fact that we don't have a perfect Easter picture, we still had a great day! Here are the girls on their way into church.

Our church does a phenomenal job making everything SO fun for the kids! The girls adore going to church, and I'm so thankful for that!! Admittedly, I was a teeny bit nervous for how Hadley would do in church on Easter b/c it was only her second time in the "big kid" class with Shelby, and they were doing egg hunts during the service. I was worried that Hadley might throw a royal fit if she didn't get eggs or something, but of course Derek reminded me that she only reserves that type of behavior for us...everyone at church thinks she is just the sweetest kid ever! (Which of course she is, but she has her moments!!) When we came back to pick the girls up after the service, I was surprised to learn that Hadley had found the one GIANT egg filled with a frozen yogurt gift card. ;)  Clearly, I don't need to worry about Hadley--she can totally hold her own! Also, I was thrilled when our church posted this next photo on their Facebook page today. Shelby is seriously the best big sister ever!

Shelby & Hadley are in the back row on the right hand side. See Shelby's arm around Hadley? Melt my heart!

And side note--Shelby told me after church that they had watched a video of "Jesus on the cross and him coming back to life." I asked her if it was a VeggieTales video, and she told me: "No, it was a real video of Jesus!" So apparently this animated video is the real deal!

After church, we rushed home to prepare our sides for lunch & then headed over to the Gallimores to celebrate with their family along with the Goins. It was bittersweet to think this may be the last holiday we all get to celebrate together. I so wish we had gotten a picture of all the kiddos, but they were too busy running around having fun!

We got home around 4 from the Gallimores' house, and the girls were absolutely wiped by this point since they didn't get a nap. But they had just enough energy for one last egg hunt in our backyard!

When we came back inside after Egg Hunt #3 for the day, both girls sat down with all their loot next to them to read...they were WORN OUT!

Holidays are always special & fun, but they are even more special and fun when you get to experience them through the eyes of your kids! We had a wonderful Easter with our sweet girls & precious friends, and we hope you hope you had a great Easter, too!