Easter 2014

Easter Sunday was a beautiful sunny day! 

On Saturday we dyed some eggs.  

 

That was interesting with a 1.5 year-old. Thankfully the carpet was still tan colored when everything was done!

Sunday morning the kids opened their Easter buckets and had a little Easter egg hunt.

Then we went to church!

 {this was the best picture I got}

 {but here are some of the outtakes...}

 {love how they are holding hands}

{these two}

Every other Sunday we teach Blake's class at church and it was a nice break to have Easter Sunday off. And the kids did great in their classes, which meant we got to enjoy the whole service!

 At church

After church we came home for lunch and naps. After nap time, we headed over to our friends, the Hammagrens. There, we had a little egg hunt and a very yummy dinner. Usually we have ham on Easter {I'm not sure why, it's just what we've always done}. This year we decided to change it up, and got a Tri-Tip from Costco. It was soooooooo good! I'm thinking that might become the new tradition.

{Lily didn't really understand the egg hunt, she just liked to take eggs from her brother's bucket}

Blake, Karter, Luke

{The Leyva's joined us for an Easter Egg hunt!}

 Us and the Hammagrens! 

I can't believe this was the fifth Easter in a row we have spent with the Hammagrens. It's turned into a fun little tradition! And has been fun to watch our families grow over the years! We feel so blessed to have friends that feel like family :)

Hope you had a blessed Easter!

Past Easters: 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010

Easter 2013

Easter this year was a little untraditional for us. We had been at the beach for the weekend and traveled home on Easter Sunday which meant we didn't make it to church on Easter Sunday. Gasp! I know, at first I thought not going to church on Easter wouldn't be that big of a deal, {since we go to church almost every Sunday} but it really felt kind of weird. Like it wasn't really Easter or something. Anyhow we did celebrate Easter at the beach in the morning with Easter buckets, and egg hunt and a yummy breakfast {you can see here}. Then we went over to our friends the Hammagren's house for a yummy Easter dinner {for the 4th year in a row}.

Here are some pictures from Easter dinner...

 Yes, the kids look like they are dressed for summer... it was 70 degrees on Easter!

{That's pretty much unheard of for the Willamette Valley on Easter}

It was fun to change it up a little this year, but I think next year we will make it a point to go to church on Easter :) Hope you had a great Easter!

Here is Easter 2012

Beach Trip 2013

A couple weekends ago {Easter weekend, the last weekend of spring break, to be exact} we had a little vacation over to Lincoln City with Russell's side of family. It was fun weekend full of playing on the beach, eating good food, wedding prep {my sister-in-law Kacie is getting married in June and she brought the wedding invites for us to help put together and I had the privilege to take their engagement pictures!} and some outlet shopping. And we had BEAUTIFUL weather the whole weekend... sunny and warm! {for the Oregon Coast}

We started our trip by going to the Oregon Aquarium.

This boy was sure happy with his hot cocoa for the car ride over and then McDonalds for lunch.

Checking out the "passages of the deep"

Lily enjoyed seeing all the fishies too!

Enjoying a yummy lunch at Mo's. When visiting the coast this is a must for us!

Lily sat in a high chair {at a restaurant} for the first time! {yes, there is a tear in my eye, she is growing up too fast!}

 Walking to the beach for some kite flying fun!

Like I said, the weather was beautiful!

 Friday night we dyed Easter eggs, since it was Easter weekend after all.

 He is a cheese ball.

Future brother-in-laws

 Wedding invitations in the making!

 Blake found a treasure on the beach! 

{Don hid a glass ball, the kind that are hidden on the beach that are really hard nearly impossible to find, for Blake to find}

 The guys

 Lily's first time on the beach!

 Seriously beautiful.

Nana Pam and Lily {Lily was not a fan of the wind}

All that fun on the beach tuckered her out!

Since we woke up Easter Morning at the beach the Easter Bunny made a stop by the beach house!

 Checking out his Easter loot

 Hunting for Easter eggs and checking out the Easter Bunny's foot prints!

 And while doing that we saw a real bunny! What are the odds of that?!

One last stop at the beach before we all headed home.

And this is what Blake did when we said it was time to leave... 

It was a fun, great, relaxing weekend! Looking forward to going again!

{Here is our beach trip from two years ago}

Fun at the park with cousins!

On Wednesday Michelle and the boys came to visit. It's great that they live close and are able to just come and spend a day with us! We played at the house in the morning, and then in the afternoon, since the weather was so nice {sunny and 65!} we headed to the park!

Teeter-totter 

I swear he has no fear

 B and T ... Best buds!

 0, 1, 2, 3! {those are their ages in order!}

{a behind the scenes look at trying to get that picture}

Lily's first swing ride! Logan wasn't so sure about sharing.

She is really getting the hang of sucking on those fingers!

 Any day now he will be off and running!

Loving that the days are longer, the sun is shinning more and cousins live near by!