Easter pics from home!

Hello again! Yes, this was quite a few weeks ago now, but I'm just behind in everything else, so why not the blog, too? On Easter weekend Joel's parents came out to see us! We had a lot of fun together, and it was a great long weekend! We managed to pack a lot in, despite the fact that Joel's mom was still suffering from shingles - not fun! The weather was absolutely gorgeous, so we fired up the barbeque for the first time and threw on some steaks... yum! Joel and his dad had to clean everything first, but what are dad's for, right?

Of course we did a traditional easter egg hunt...and we got to do it in the backyard, which was a lot of fun! Usually it's still pretty chilly this time of year, but this year spring decided to come early!

The girls in their Easter dresses after church with Oma and Opa.

The girls and Oma had just finished dying a bunch of eggs - that was a lot of fun! Kind of stressful at times, but still, very fun!

We had a fantastic weekend and were so glad to share it with Oma and Opa!

Easter in Calgary

Okay, so I'm a little slow on the uptake, but here they are anyway! I drove out to Calgary with the girls 2 weekends ago (Palm Sunday weekend). Originally it was just to spend the weekend with my sister and her family, but then our parents flew out and it turned into an Easter gathering!!!! We had such a blast... The girls all decorated cookies that Mom made... then we got to have tea with the cookies and paska! Yum!

Easter egg hunting... that was so much fun! The girls were great :)

After the hunt.

While Rachelle and I hid the eggs, Grandma and Grandpa gave the girls their easter baskets which were full of goodies!

Before church on Sunday. Aren't they pretty?

This was taken at the zoo - we went into the gardens where they had all sorts of amazing flowers! Love the hydrangeas!

Nice pose of the girls... :)

The girls inside the kangaroo pouch.

Hanging out in the dinosaur park... Karissa did NOT like this part of the zoo! The dinosaurs are so cool - they actually roar and move their heads and tails. Not cool to Karissa, though - just scary :)

It was a fantastic trip. We all had so much fun. It would have been nice if Scott didn't have to be in class, and if Joel could have come with us - and if James and Lesley weren't on the other side of the world! such is life...