Easter 2012

What a beautiful sunny day for a Easter egg hunt!

Abbey loved our hunt at the church this year. She ran (of course) from egg to egg  and showed me her basket of treasures. Prior to the egg hunt, we were having story time inside the church and lo and behold...

Abbey dear has a nose-bleed. She has these occassionally, but was totally unexpected on my part.

So...

the red splattering on the front of her shirt is from her nose-bleed. I gave up long ago trying to dress up the kids for events, because it never lasts. They either find mud, chocolate, markers, cheetos, or in Abbey's case: a nose-bleed, to mar their precious clothes. Thank heaven for Shout!!

Sunday was also a beautiful day. The boys actually put on ties without me having to beg them to do so.

A miracle within itself.

The girls were precious in their PINK dresses. Madeline is getting so grown-up and loves to accessorize. The Easter Bunny brought her a necklace with a Bunny on it with a pink stone. She wore it to church and showed everyone. Abbey was her normal, bubbly self and loved the attention from all.

Our pastor and his family joined us for lunch at our home, as did mom and dad. Swinging, jumping on the trampoline, and hiding and finding eggs filled the afternoon. Before we knew it, the day was almost over and we had 2 tired girls, 2 restless boys and an exhausted mom. Dad was fine.

And yes, that is another cast on Abbey's arm this Easter. She had her 3rd hand surgery on March 29.

Maybe it is the fact that we have done this now 3 times now that it seemed to be less traumatic for all of us. We were able to control her pain much better this time. Bathing is no fun since she can't put her arm in the water... and this girl loves the water!

Enjoy the pictures of our wonderful Easter weekend. We are so blessed. Thank you God for dying on that crosss so that I can live for you and be the mom I always wanted to be.