Here are some Easter photos for you. Aren't they just the cutest things you've ever seen? Well, perhaps I am a little biased but they certainly looked nice that morning before church. It was such a treat to see Annabelle in a different dress from the two she wears EVERY day lately. I knew there would be a battle over the Easter dress so I planned accordingly and left enough time for the discipline required to get her ready. By the end of the morning I think she even enjoyed wearing that cute little dress and and protested when she changed after church! The boys just throw on whatever I lay at the end of their beds and go with it. Thank goodness for that.



The Saturday before we went to the annual Easter Egg Hunt at Cheshire Village in Black Mountain. The kids hunted eggs and then we all had a potluck picnic following.








We met Aunt Amie, Aunt Lorie, Miss Carrie and the girls at Amie's house and then walked over on the path through the woods.





We got there just in time for the hunt.


















We loved hanging out with so many of our Black Mountain friends.

Lucie and Annabelle showing their eggs off.

So, on the dirtier side of things, here is what we look like most days:
It has been down-right hot this week and we are loving it! There is a nasty little creek down the road in the undeveloped area of Justice Ridge Estates we frequent in the afternoons. Caleb spends most of his time jumping of the little banks into the shallow muddy water.........

while Adam would rather sit and pile sand and mud in his lap and construct little walls and dams.

It took Annabelle a few minutes to get out of the backpack on my back, but eventually she was right in there with them.



Sunday afternoon we drove out westward along the Pigeon River and found a cool place to wade and hang out. The water was so cold that it hurt but the boys could care less. They just jump right in!




We have a little solar-powered lantern in the backyard that Annabelle loves. She carries the lantern around and uses the stand as her microphone. (the lamp is lying on the ground behind her)



Now, I know what you are all wondering. What happened to the weird Easter Egg Hunt that Uncle Jonathan and Beth coordinate complete with Granddaddy dressed as the Easter Bunny???!! Well, we usually postpone that part of the tradition until the week after anyhow.... since the church calendar is man-made, Amie and I are usually out of town on Easter Sunday, and most importantly, the candy all goes on sale. Just by chance, Mom and Dad took a trip to visit the Manns in California this year and we all ended up being in town!

So stay tuned for those pictures in a few weeks!

Thanks for reading and keeping up with us!