Hop Hop Hopping Our Way Through Easter

So I am FINALLY getting my Easter post together! We had a busy holiday! We had 4 Easter Egg hunts and lots of family and friends to visit! Not to mention remembering the meaning of Easter and making our way to church to try and help Spenc and Coop realize Easter is more than all of the fun eggs and candy!! But trust me, we have PLENTY of eggs and candy... so here we go... I hope you are all ready for this because its' a lot!!

On Wednesday, Amber and I had an Easter party! We made an egg craft with tissue paper, had some yummy snacks and then had an Easter Egghunt out back! We also gave the kids some rice crispy bird nests to fill! They thought they were pretty cool! And then afterwards I ended up eating all the leftover! HMM, rice crispies are a true weakness of mine! I think Spenc had a candy in his mouth, I dunno! Oh, and throughout the WHOLE party Spencer wore different hats! He loves to pretend!!

BJ switched a shift and so we were able to go down to St. George on Friday and spend all weekend!
BJ's Mom and Dad made colored eggs with Spencer! Jenise had the boys over Saturday morning for a little egghunt at her house! I didn't get any pics but the kids had a great time! They love playing with Auntie J and her puppy Ellie!

Spencer and I spent a lot of time reading this GREAT little book about the meaning of Easter!It's called "What is Easter" It talks about how fun it is to hunt eggs, eat candy, get dressed up but how thats NOT what Easter means! It teaches that Easter is about how God sent his Son to die for us and then how he rose after 3 days! Spencer really liked the book! We read it at least a dozen times over the weekend! And by Sunday when I asked him what Easter was about, he quoted the book and said "It's all about God's Son!" I was so GLAD that he could enjoy the fun things about the holiday but also try to understand what it REALLY meant! (I totally recommend the book!)

Then Sunday morning Spencer came down and woke us up BRIGHT and early at 7am and we went hunting for his basket the bunny left him! He had so much fun looking and looking, and then he found it in the shower! He went on and on about what a silly knucklehead the Easter Bunny was for leaving it in the bathroom!
When Coop woke up Spencer helped him look until they found his behind the couch! (and about their jammies, I forgot Spencer's at home and Coop fell asleep eating dinner that night so he slept in his shirt! I know, nice job MOM!)
Then they had a great breakfast of candy and Bunny pancakes!

We got ready and went to church with BJ's Mom! It was so nice to have her come with us, the boys were SO SO well behaved! It was like an Easter miracle!

After church we met all of the fam on the Red Hill at the DIXIE!It was so much fun to hide the eggs in the red rock! BJ's Dad took the kids on a little hike and Mindy and I hide all 60 some eggs around!
When the kids got back we told them that they JUST missed the Easter Bunny and to look around and see what he left! They had so much fun climbing all over trying to find each and every egg! It was SO SO CRAZY windy up on the hill that after a few drinks and plates flew away we decided to go take a little walk to escape our cursed picnic spot! We went to an old cave that the community used as a jail back in the day, climbed all over some red rocks, even got lost a little! The kids loved it!I held Coopers hand most of the hike but he did a really good job of keeping his balance! I don't think he was really scared....most of the time!:)

After having a little time to relax we went over to Megan's and Ephraim's! Megan had set up a little egghunt for the kids! Spencer and Cooper had a blast! The boys loved playing with Noah, Andy, Tippy and Gage! Spencer says "thank you" for them in his prayers every night! And on nights when he really misses them he asks if he can PLEASE see them the next day! All of us really love hanging out with the Hanks and the Steeles! THANKS so much for being such great friends!

So there is our long, candy-filled weekend! It was so much fun! I am still trying to figure out how to ration the candy for the kids! THERE IS SO MUCH! Right now it's on top of the fridge and they get pieces when they help, or eat all their lunch...you know, good old-fashioned BRIBERY!!!