Monday, April 13, 2009

Easter weekend


Eric with some of the kids at Baby Farm Animal Days


Carson and I holding a baby goat-too cute!


Salli and Carrie w/ Melia and Loni


My fave-the boys giddy while holding the baby bunnies! And Carson kept going after the ears!


Austin and Carson with the Easter bunny


Running through the sprinklers, yes, it was a mere 65 degrees outside!


Maecee and Kenna playing outside-such cuties!


The kids dying Easter eggs and making a mess!


A little smores action! Yum, yum!


Doing a little webcam Easter morning with Grandpa Mac and Grandma Donna in Russia!


Aunt Kimi and Carson


Austin teaching Dave how to eat an Oreo


The boys in front of Grandma Mac's grave-their first time visiting it!


Some of the girls (minus Carrie, Erin, and Tiff. Missed you guys!)


A little family photo at the cementary before we headed home(Carson was SOOOOO tired)

We made a trip to Logan, UT this past weekend to spend Easter with Eric's family. It was a total blast, a little exhausting and busy at times, but that's how we roll! :) Here's what we did: Baby Farm Animal Days. Way too crowded, but so fun to see all the baby animals. Especially the baby bunnies, chicks, and goats. Austin loved holding them and Carson would just squeal when he petted one. We even got to hold a little baby turtle and the kids loved sitting on the Easter Bunny's lap. Playing outside in the sprinklers, yes, the sprinklers with nothing but swim trunks on. Even despite a mere 65 degrees outside, the kids managed to play for hours at the park, in the water, and on the trampoline. Pure craziness. Dessert with friends sans kids. Yummy and good convo. Neighborhood Easter egg hunt and breakfast. Dozens of kids and parents scurring to pick up candy-filled eggs. Yummy food too. Beaver Mountain Hill Climbs. Snowmobile races (my sister-in-law's brother competed and won his Division). Austin had a fit when all the kids rode tiny snowmobiles and he couldn't (not old enough). Roasting marshmellows and making smores in the backyard. Best part? Heather lighting her marshmellow on fire after announcing she was going to make the perfect marshmellow and then burning her chin as she blew it out. Hilarious. Watching "Bedtime Stories" with the kids. Opening Easter baskets with the kids Sunday morning. Priceless. Talking with Grandpa Mac and Grandma Donna via Skype (they're on a mission in Russia). Love them. Church. Always good. Last, but not least? A family picnic at a nearby park. Oh, and can I say, perfect weather? YEAH for sunshine. It was beautiful, fun, and so good to spend time and play with family. Oh, and afterwords we went to the cementary to visit Eric's moms' grave (it will be 9 years since she died this coming Sat). We didn't get home until 11pm last night, but it was so worth it!

2 comments:

Elder and Sister McEvoy said...

Love to the Boise Macs. Thanks for the post. Happy Easter week. (Russian Easter is this coming Sunday).

Katie said...

Wow. Makes me a little tired just reading about it all! Thanks for fitting us in . . . we had tons of fun catching up!