Our Easter Fun!

Our Easter fun started on Thursday. Thursday night we colored our eggs. We found out pretty fast that we have one boy who is all about quality and the other who is all about quantity. Any guesses which boy is which? Well I’ll tell you Jaxon is all about quantity. He did 10 eggs before Alek got 2 done. Alek is all about quality. Alek was so patient and wanted the best colored eggs. And his were, his were the brightest.

Then on Friday our next door neighbors invited us to go to the Heritage Farm in Logan. They were having their Baby Animal Days. It was so much fun! Yet again our boys were polar opposites. Jaxon touched one animal the entire time we were there. And Alek got in every pen there was and touched all the animals. At the farm I got the best compliment ever from Alek. We were looking at the ponies and Alek turns around and says “Hey mom, you’re big like that horse huh.” Our neighbor Matt about died. He couldn’t believe that Alek would say that, but then again, neither could I. And let me tell you there is nothing like having your three year old tell you, you’re big like a horse.

Jaxon the wimp touching the goat.

I can make a peacock sound so I did it. And I must have said something insulting, cause this peacock tried to come after me. It was so scary!!

This peacock was cool with the blue spot.

An albino peacock.

Here are the kids waiting in line to throw tomahawks.

Jaxon and Alek throwing their tomahawks.

On Saturday we went to the Anderson’s to have lunch and an egg hunt. It was kind of weird though because it was only us and Sherin’s family, minus Mark he was working. We missed everybody else who couldn’t make it. The kids had so much fun playing outside, and finding eggs. They really had fun with Braden; he is such a kid at heart, he gets right in there with them.

Jaxon was having so much fun pulling Alek and Joye in the wagon.

Sara and Braden having a headstand contest

And Easter Sunday, Braden had to go to the church early and have choir practice. He sang a solo in the Easter Cantata, he did amazing! I was so proud of him. He is such an amazing singer! He brought such a spirit to the meeting when he sang. I cried and as I looked around I certainly wasn’t the only one. Anyway since he had to go to the church early we woke the kids up early and let them see Easter before Braden needed to leave. We walked into the living room and the boys saw their bikes and were so excited. The boys also got soft air guns. They were so happy that they could go out and shoot with Daddy. After they looked at their stuff they went around the room and found the eggs we colored. Joye got right in there and found her share of the eggs. We found all that we could but the cartons weren’t full. And the boys couldn’t figure it out. So I told them that the night before Braden and I was lying in bed and heard something in the house. So Braden had got out of bed with his gun to see what it was, and when he came out he found the Easter Bunny. The Easter Bunny got scared and hopped away, so maybe he dropped some eggs outside on the front lawn. So we hurried and got shoes on and went outside and the Easter Bunny and left a tramp on the lawn!!!! The boys were so excited, Jaxon kept screaming, “We got a trampoline! We got a trampoline!” I was glad that the boys loved the tramp, because the Easter Bunny and his assistant were up until 1:00 in the morning trying to get it all set up. Enclosures are nice, but a pain to get on. For Easter Joye got a Cabbage Patch doll and a carseat. She loved her doll. She was playing with it and I said, “Joye do you love your new doll?” And right after I said that I swear she said yes. It was so funny. After church we went to Braden’s parents and had dinner and then played lots of games outside.

Joye, Alek, and Jaxon finding eggs Easter morning

Joye playing with her new doll

Trampoline Fun!! Joye loved bouncing, until Braden went too high.

Easter wore them right out.

We had a great Easter!