happy easter!

Our Easter was a busy one. We woke up early and get all dressed up for church and headed over to my sister, Jessica's house for an Easter Brunch. It was a lot of fun! Jessica and Jon just recently moved into a new house out in east Mesa, and they were kind enough to invited everyone over Easter morning for delicious food and an Easter egg hunt for the kids. My whole family was there, and Jon's family came too.

We brought juice to share with everyone, which was nothing compared to all the other yummy food that was there. We had cinnamon and orange rolls, fruit salad, scrambled eggs, bacon, biscuits and gravy, and Nathan's favorite- deviled eggs.

While everyone was finishing up brunch, Grandpa (my dad) read Mel and her cousin Alice in Wonderland. They were really enjoying the story.



Meanwhile, Bethany had already grabbed her Easter basket and was ready to go egg hunting! We the shoes on all the kids and they headed out front.

Bethany walking down the sidewalk thinking "I found the eggs, now I just need to find someone to bust them open for me..."

My sister Jessica!

Jon helping Bethany out with some of her tasty Easter treats. I think the marshmallows were her favorite.

The girlies, checking out what Eater goodies the Easter bunny had left them.

After some good times at the Stanley, Nathan and I headed off to church with my parents. While we were there we dropped off some thank you gifts to people that were so helpful to us on our our wedding day- like my fabulous bishop who let us use his back yard for our reception. Nathan makes ceramic statues of Christ similar to the one below, and in a couple other designs- we thought they would be the perfect thank you gift and what better day to deliver statues of Christ than on Easter!

Later that evening we headed over to the other side of the valley. First to meet Daisy's new family. We tried having my puppy, Daisy, live with us at the apartment, but she just isn't an apartment dog. =(

We had to give her away- but she went to a very nice family in the west valley. They have two kids that will give her lots of love, and another dog to keep her company. They also have a nice grassy yard for her to run around, and a doggy door so she can go in and out. I think she'll really like it there, and it will be a lot nicer than having to stay in her little kennel all day.

We did get spend the rest of Easter with Daisy though. After she met her new family, we went over to Nathan's parents house for another Easter egg hunt with his nieces and nephews and a super delicious Easter dinner.

Sydni and Uncle Nathan looking for Easter eggs.

Nathan, Marvin, and I hid eggs all over the back yard.

Garrett practically had his hand right on top of that blue egg before he saw it- and Madison looked right over the eggs in the pool a couple times before she realized they were there. Watching kids hunt for eggs is so funny!

Carson counting up his Easter eggs! There were 4 eggs that had dollar bills in them, and Sydni found 3 of them. What are the chances? haha

Luckily for the other kids, Sydni is good at sharing- so they all got to partake of the Eastery goodness.

Like I said before, Nathan's mom prepared a delicious Easter dinner for us. We had some yummy ham, mashed potatoes, broccoli, carrots, funeral potatoes, rolls, and some great punch. And for desert we celebrated Nathan's dad's birthday! It was really fun and so awesome to get to spend time with our whole family!