April Birthdays and Easter weekend

We know 2 very special kids whose birthdays both happen to be in April (1 day apart) and we were blessed to be invited to celebrate their birthdays with them.  Grace turned 6 this month and Tyler was 4.  It's so wonderful to be a part of their lives and watch them grow and develop.

Grace in her new jeep taking Greyson for a ride.

Tyler trying out his new 4 wheeler.

We also had an egg hunt at their house.  The kids had a blast hunting the eggs and then finding out there was candy inside!

 We also dyed eggs with the kids for the first time.  We told them the eggs would get a bath and turn neat colors.  It was hard for them to wait for the eggs to be done.  Em wanted to touch the eggs and Landon wanted to use the handy egg dipper to move the eggs around.

They're proud of their eggs!

 We got to celebrate Easter with my parents on Saturday.  They had us over for dinner, an egg hunt (surprisingly it wasn't raining), and the kids got an Easter basket.

Egg hunt at Mema and Papa B.'s house

 Then it was Easter morning.  We decided to forgo the Sunrise Service this year and head to church a little early for pictures and the egg hunt.  Matt and Todd did a wonderful job with the kids during service while Cathy and I sang in the choir's Easter cantada.

You'll have to forgive the trash in the background!  Sometimes you just have to take pictures of moments like these.  When we walked into the fellowhip hall, Landon took Emmy's hand! :)

Our best family picture.  Landon wasn't too thrilled with the idea of getting his picture taken over and over!

 After church, we saw that the Easter Bunny left baskets at our house, so we opened those before heading over to Matt's parents for lunch, naps, the egg hunt, and more Easter baskets.

Happy Easter, everyone!  He is risen!  He is risen, indeed!!