We had a very blessed Easter. We spent it with loving friends, great fellowship, amazing food and fun times!
We spent the first part of the morning dying our eggs...which we forgot to take along for the egg hunt, oops!
Right after I woke up, my first task was to start making the dough I needed to make Arabic meat pies (this was after an hour of rising)
While the dough was rising, Xander was coloring on the eggs so we could continue dying them
checking out their goodies
We had lunch (well the kids and Nick, I was so busy prepping things I didn't have time), the kids took naps. They got up, dressed, snapped a few pics (at the end of the post), and then headed off to our friends. I didn't even get a picture of the spread at the gathering. There was so much food! Oh, and I also learned something. The Arabic meat pies that I love to make are an Easter tradition in Russia. So, my Russian friend was surprised I knew how to make these and that's what I was bringing. So, in the beginning, I feared no one would like them, but in the end they were the biggest hit at the party!
we had a guest appearance from Mr. Bunny himself
some of the kids played while waiting to start the hunt
the kids spot Mr. Bunny
...and Xander goes running in the opposite direction!
here I'm supposed to be video taping the kids picking up the eggs, but my poor baby was terrified. The camcorder went down and I had to calm Xander down
silly bunny
daddy to the rescue this time
finally calmed him down to pick up a few eggs
Sterling even got 2 eggs (with the help of daddy of course :))
I convinced Xander to see Mr. Bunny. When Xander was ready to get down, he said, "bye bye"
Xander with his eggs
Sterling with her eggs
Family pic with a photo-bombing bunny!
We then headed inside to eat, fellowship, and start games
This is a fun game, even the kids can play. Takes coordination to get the pen in the bottle before anyone else
...and I guess Nick has some, lol, because he won...yah, Nick!!
After games everyone started tricking out to head home. We stayed to help clean up and chat some more. We're going to miss this family!
Pics before we left...
sweet hugs :)
Have a great day!
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