Easter 2011

Every holiday it seems like we're running all over the place to celebrate and this one was no different.  The O'Connors arrived late on Friday so we went to Scott's parents' house to color eggs on Saturday morning.  I'm still a big kid & love to color eggs so I made one for Baby T and it looked like a 2 year old did it.  Where have my artistic skills gone??  (I'm holding it in the picture on the right).  That evening we went back over to Ron & Ann's for burgers and to catch up with our Chicago crew.  All the kids are getting so big and it really sunk in as we celebrated Maille's 13th birthday!  How do we have a niece that's a teenager with a boyfriend?!  Scott & I started dating when Maille was 2 so I've seen her (and obviously the rest of the kiddos) grow up.  They're all awesome kids with big hearts so it's bittersweet to see them get older.  I made a pact with them that they will be the certified diaper changers when baby T arrives & they all agreed!  Can't wait to see if they actually stick to it! haha  

We celebrated Easter on Sunday starting out at the Tucker's for an Easter egg hunt and brunch.  Everyone had to put on comfy clothes since it was sooo muddy out from all the rain we've had.  The kids got lots of candy & even some money and Scott & I got our last Easter basket because it will be all about baby next year!  Buffett and Tiki were even spoiled with treats and toys!  After finding all the eggs, the kids ended the hunt with the tradition of throwing the real eggs at the garden, or the fake owl this year.  We know these kids are all super athletic in soccer, baseball, gymnastics, etc but we recognized that Kylie was blessed with her Aunt Sarah's throwing ability which is not very accurate or hard hahaha.  Here are some pictures of the egg throw & hunt:

Egg toss

Action shot

Did we get them all??

Scott's fashion statement...uumm...??

We then moved on to the Jeffers' house to celebrate Easter with my side of the family.  Unfortunately my camera died so I don't have any pictures from this but since all of us are grown we don't do an egg hunt or anything.  We do a lot of hanging out, eating, catching up, eating, just acting goofy, and eating.  I'm sure Beth, Laura, & Ashley are glad that I don't have any incriminating pictures of them with the easter bunny/cleatus teeth in.  Feel free to send me those pics, girls!  :)  It's usually this time of the day when we are in a food coma & ready for a nap.  

Basket from the Tucker Easter bunny

Our last stop was at my parents' house to get our Easter baskets and baby T had a basket, too!  This is going to be one spoiled child if it's already spoiled & not even here yet!  We got lots of candy & cologne/perfume that we wanted, the puggies got some treats & baby T got toys & a bib that says "Star of Mommy's Blog."  Isn't that the truth :)  We had a great Easter but were exhausted by the end & we still had to stay up to watch the Blackhawks game (they won by the way).  We hope you all had a wonderful Easter!  

Baby T basket