Easter 2010

Our day began with a wonderful service at St. Mary's with Kristi, Mom and Jay. The girls were very patient and good during the mass, even though they knew that the Easter Bunny was probably at Grandma's at that very moment hiding eggs for them -- and he was! After Church we all headed to mom's -- we parked and headed up to the front door and were met with a note from the Easter Bunny taped to the door. It said that he appreciated how good the girls have been all year long, and that he hid lots of eggs and wanted Audriana to leave the eggs that were down low and easy to find for Sofia. He went on to say that now that Audriana was seven, that she was going to have to find the eggs that were more difficult to find. What a smart bunny to lay down a few rules before the hunt began! Our beautiful girls in their Easter dresses.

Ready for the hunt! Thankfully the sun was out for the majority of the day!

WOW -- Sofia found a lot of hidden eggs!

Audriana's basket is bigger and deeper, so you can't see the eggs....but they are in there!

Uncle Mike always likes to help out with the hunt each year...it's a great tradition! He always helps the girls color the eggs each year, too!

Aunt Kristi is never too far away! The girls were very sweet and both of them wanted to sit by her in church. We are so lucky to have Aunt Kristi in our lives!

Why are all the boys huddled around the end of the table? Look closely....that's shrimp and they all wanted to make sure they got their fair share! : ) We had a nice brunch at Mom's -- bagels, lox and cream cheese, lots of fruit, tortilla chips and salsa, OJ and coffee. Mom had some hard boiled eggs that the girls had colored the night before, but we forgot to bring them out of the refrigerator!

That afternoon, we all headed over to Patty and Chad Wilhite's house for Easter dinner. They were perfect hosts! Their beautiful and talented daughter, Marissa, had prepared a really fun Easter egg hunt in their backyard and the girls had a blast. They found eggs that had lots of little surprises in them -- baskin and robbins gift certificates, a watch, candy, packets of flowers seeds, and a cool pen with a pad of paper! How cool was that!?!? It's been fun connecting with cousin Patty again after all these years! : ) Their daughter Marissa is 17 and is a wonderful pianist! We coaxed her into playing a few songs for us.

Marissa made this bunny cake -- the girls loved it! Mighty tasty, too!

Having fun checking out the fun surprises hidden in the eggs they found in the backyard.

What a happy day -- one filled with family, and making good memories!