Easter Weekend

Easter was a big weekend for us, full of family visits and more than one singing rabbit! The festivities began on Friday. It was Jim's birthday to start off with, and we enjoyed the arrival of our first guests. Uncle Clay, Aunt Carey, and Cousin Tyler arrived Friday afternoon to spend the weekend with us. It was so great to see them all, especially Tyler because I had never seen him before, and Jim hadn't seen him since he was born three months ago! He is the cutest thing! And much quieter than mine ever were! The kids didn't really pay him much attention at first, being too distracted by the attention they were receiving themselves from Clay and Carey. Carey hadn't seen the kids since just before Thanksgiving, so she couldn't believe how big they had gotten! The kids paid more attention to their cousin as the weekend wore on, but were never overly interested in him unless he was down on the floor where they could see him well or they happened to hear his cry and know that it was not one they are used to.

Clay wonders if it's always this loud at our house.

On Saturday we had a house full of people! In addition to the six of us and Clay, Carey, and Tyler, we were also joined by Granny Pam, Great-granny Kat, Papaw, and Nene.

Granny Pam and Tyler

Great-granny Kat and Jonathan

NeNe and Jonathan

We took advantage of having so much of Jim's family together at the same time and snapped a few family pictures. We had hoped to do pictures outside, but it was SO cold that weekend that we couldn't. So we all crammed into the playroom and snapped away.




Later that afternoon, Josh, Cris, and Carter also came over to play and see Tyler.

Cris and Tyler

Zachary and Carter share some smiles

The grand-folk all went home that evening, but we had more guests the next day. The whole household managed to get ready and make it to church for Easter. Josh, Cris, and Carter came too! I was disappointed that the weather was so cold. It made it difficult to choose outfits. Still, we made quite a procession, all of us trailing into church, with just as many babies as there were adults!

Then that afternoon, Aunt Jayne and Cousin Koda came to visit and joined us for dinner, as did Josh, Cris, and Carter. Clay got Jim a rotisserie for his new grill as a birthday present, and he tried it out that day with pretty tasty results! Of course, Jim's results are usually pretty tasty, especially if his grill is involved!

Aunt Jayne and Thomas

Cousin Koda and Reagan






Koda and Zachary

Monday morning, Clay, Carey, and Tyler headed back to Indiana and put an end to our big weekend. It was busy, but we had a lot of fun and thoroughly enjoyed seeing everyone! We can't wait to do it again! Maybe next time, Tyler will be old enough to play!