Easter 2014

So I'm not a very crafty person and I'm not very good at all of the hip holiday traditions (it actually crossed my mind last night whether I was supposed to put something out for the Easter Bunny like we do for Santa...don't worry.  I didn't.), but what I really love is the holiday tradition of celebrating with family and friends.  We spent the weekend preparing for our annual Easter brunch with my sister and some of our friends.  Steve and Jen used to host every year, but since they moved to Wisconsin three years ago, the rest of us have had to pick up the slack.   We sure missed them a lot today.

If you look closely, you can see an eyeball in there.

I probably could've gotten away without dyeing Easter eggs (how would Trey have known?), but I'm trying to do some actual holiday traditions.  We did them at the last minute last night (after I cracked a dozen eggs while draining them), and Trey didn't seem too excited about it.  I was the one who had to do all the work, and he was off doing something else within minutes.  I'll try to remember this next year.

Trey was really excited to get his Easter basket this morning.  I continued the tradition of an Easter book in his basket and then added Frozen (already viewed twice today) and a Transformer Rescue Bot.  I threw in a little candy for kicks, and the kid was thrilled.

He's more excited than he looks.

My sister, Tim, their boys, Kathleen, Bruin, their boys, Sarah, Neil, their boys, and Grandma Sue all came over for Easter brunch.  It was such fun to see the boys playing together.  (I asked Trey later what he thought of our "party" and he said, "There were too many boys for just one boy."  It was a lot of boys in one small space, but I thought it was awesome.)

Trey, Garland, and Maclyn checking out the Rescue Bots

Grady wanted to watch Frozen, and the rest of the kids were very happy to oblige.  

It was a good way to keep them quiet while the grownups sat and visited.

We don't have enough space for a grownups' table and a kids' table, 

so we eat in two rounds.  

Works pretty well for me (especially when you turn on Frozen).

Trey, Grady, and Garland

After we all finished eating, we took the kids out back for the Easter egg hunt.  All the kids (except maybe Case, but he's only 14 months so give the kid a break) had fun looking for eggs.

Hanging out after finding all (hopefully) of the eggs

Case and Randy enjoying their drinks

Bruin, Neil, me, Kathleen, Randy, and Sarah in front

We have been spending time together for several years, and it just keeps getting better.  We have had all of our kids together, and it has been a joy to watch the boys get older and play together.  I hope that we have several holidays together in our future.