Happy Easter

 

This year we spent Good Friday at Cindy's. We are so glad Drew is doing so well right now and that we were able to go hang out for the afternoon with them. 

We also celebrated Kyler's birthday. Mimi gave him some antiques, which he treasurers!! This is a toy saxophone from the 1800's. She also gave him an antique wind up clock, that he was able to get working again! And the best part is they were passed down from several generations, so we have the history of each of the items he can cherish as well! His antique collection is growing! He also got an ice cream maker, so we've been able to make ice cream several times using A2 milk, which his tummy can tolerate much better! It's such a treat for all of us to enjoy! 

And Drew got a few presents from us as a much belated Birthday for him too! Happy to get to give them to him in person! Can't believe he is 15!

Easter Morning, the kids enjoyed opening their Easter baskets from the Easter Bunny....oh wait, they now all know that's me! Funny story, but at lunch I made a comment about how I found him some chocolate that fits his current food sensitivity diet and caught myself too late (I had put the chocolate in his Easter Basket). Later that night, I decided to ask him if he knew why we were all acting strange during lunch and he acted like he wasn't sure, but then started getting a little more open to talking about it. I didn't want to spoil it for him, so I just waited and said do you know why were acting odd? And kept prodding and said I wasn't going to tell him, but if he had any guesses he could tell me. He eventually said because he knew I was the Easter Bunny!! haha! And then I decided to continue prodding to see if he knew about Santa and he eventually fessed up, that he's known I was Santa for the past few years! He's one good actor, I tell you what! We were all trying so hard to keep the magic alive and all along, he knew. He said he thought it was more fun to play along, than to let us know, he knew! He was also a little afraid he wouldn't get gifts from Santa anymore, if he said something. 

Now that the cats out of the bag, it's pretty funny to look back at all his "acting" skills. He had us all fooled!

Easter @ Grace Bible is always special. I love that they set up photo spots for us to document each Easter together! Katelyn and I volunteered in the PreK room after service, so we pushed our lunch to later in the afternoon. We've enjoyed volunteering and even Levi has joined us a time or two as well!

Lex smoked a brisket. I made Mac & Cheese and Roasted Honey Carrots and ice cream. Lindsay brought a salad and a delicious goat cheese appetizer. And Pappy brought the pie! Delish lunch to celebrate our Risen Savior!

This year we only put money in the kids eggs. They each had a specific color they could pick up, so they all ended up with the same amount of money. It was super fun, I think this will become our new tradition! And of course we had to get in another round of casscarones too!