Easter Bunny

I love Easter! I'm part of the band-wagon of people who associate it with being "summer" and let their kids were shorts, no matter what the weather is on Easter Sunday. (Luckily it was decent weather this year)
Our friends parents had a really fun Egg-Hunt they invited us to this year. It was nice to see people we haven't seen in YEARS, and to see Damien invite a GIRL!! (that makes it sound like he's Gay, but he really isn't. He's just 31 yrs old, and hasn't had a girlfriend in a while. And I've known him my whole life, so I can say what I want about it.) But she was super cute, super friendly, super easy to get along with, and super young...19!! ANYWAY BACK TO EASTER. Jane really outdid herself on the hunt, and the kids had so much fun during the hunt, and the food was really good.
I was lucky enough to NOT have to work on Sunday!! We had a super lazy morning. The kids managed to find there baskets and toys. Kip got "Guess Who Extra" and we've been playing ever since. Sier got a Starwars toy (surprise!) and he LOVES it. Mark made us a great breakfast, and I did nothing but get ready, and make rolls all morning long for my Moms Easter Egg hunt. Okay, now about the rolls....Marks Grandma makes REALLY good dinner rolls. I tried them around Christmas time for a family party, but our house wasn't very warm, so they didn't get to raise very long...needless to say they weren't very great. So of course I had to redeem myself and try them again. This time it worked...but I'll have to double the recipe so I can eat more than 2!! I've had to learn how to make them with my family, now I can make them for Marks.
The Easter Egg hunt at my moms was fun. They have a HUGE yard with lots of good hiding places. The kids start eyeing the eggs right when you get there, so they know where to go first. My dad went shopping to get everybody their own little special thing. He got my kids some shot-gun shells for their new shotgun....yes my 4 and 6 year old have their own shotgun, but that's a whole other post. He gave my other nephews "worm boxes" for when they go fishing. It was a fun party!
Okay....let me back up to Easter Morning. Mark got a call from his uncle, and we found out that his Aunt Shelly had a heart attack that night. We were worried about her all day. LUCKILY they were at the hospital when she went into Cardiac Arrest and they were able to take care of her. It's amazing...you never think that would happen to anybody you know, but it does. I'm so glad that she's okay. Hopefully she can come home from the hospital today. Mark and I went to see her on Sunday and she was in really good spirits, so that made us feel a lot better, we had been worrying all day.
Sunday night we went over to the Phisters house and played games with Marks brothers and Sister. The kids did ANOTHER egg hunt with grandma and got more fun things. I think my kids understand the basics to the meaning of Easter. I had to have a good talk with Sier about it because he thought it was Easter because the bunny's name is Easter. You know the Easter Bunny?? We've been calling him Easter for a few days because it is so funny! I hope everybody else had a great Easter. We are definitely blessed to have so many friends and family around to share the fun holidays with.