Easter Happenings

Happy (Belated) Easter!!

(as usual, on the belated part)

We went to mass on Sunday and amazingly got there early

enough to get a seat!  Barely...

But oddly - 

we sat on the front row

and the kids were GREAT!

They have NEVER been this good!

I had been told about that trick but we might have to do it again!

I grew up in the baptist church where people 

got all dressed up to go to church every Sunday.

So when we started going to the Catholic church,

It was an adjustment to see people wearing

jeans and shorts and all sorts of clothes

to church,

but realized that

the most important part was that these people

were 

THERE!

In church on Easter Sunday,

Father commented on how nice everyone looked

and how we should always get dressed up to come 

to celebrate Jesus and show Him how much 

we loved Him and were celebrating Him.

Made me feel good.

I would love to see people showing up

in their
"Sunday Best"

like I grew up seeing.

We get dressed up...

in our Sunday best.

After church I snapped a couple of pictures

of the kids in the back yard before they peeled their 

church clothes off

and dove into bathing suits

and play clothes...

Then they hunted the eggs that the Easter Bunny had left 

hidden around the house...

We had a great Easter Sunday 

and 

wound up at SeaWorld,

yet again...

"free" trips to SeaWorld are always worth it,

especially when they do fun stuff for EVERY holiday.

We wound up getting tickets to their 

Second Annual Egg Hunt & Picnic.

It was cute and the only

egg hunt the kids participated in,

so it was worth it.

Then we tried to get a couple of pictures with

Shamu Bunny...

T wasn't having it...

So daddy helped...

Then we got a family picture.  

Notice how far from Shamu T is trying to be.

We caught a couple of shows.

Rode a couple of rides...

R's favorite, but could only see daddy.

Then mommy wanted to ride a "big kid" ride.

Why I chose this one, is quite beyond me!

We got DRENCHED!!!

Leading up to Easter weekend,

we did our annual egg decorating.

However, we do things a little differently in our house.

We enjoy boiled eggs, but don't eat them as much

as we do raw eggs.

And yearly, I throw away boiled eggs 

that don't get eaten and are still in our fridge

MONTHS after Easter.

So last year, I decided to attempt to dye raw eggs.

Why not???

It was a success!!!

And the kids enjoy picking out their eggs for use 

in pancakes, muffins

and what not.

We do occasionally have accidents

and lose an egg,

or two...

(strangely thanks to the oldest kid!)

A is admiring their handy work and counting our eggs.

Happy Easter

From Our Family

To Yours!

(my boys)

MY WORLD!