Well actually, its been 2 years since I posted our Easter picture. Best laid plans of sharing these pics on Sunday were laid to the side for life to happen. We had quite a beautiful day on Sunday. On Monday, we were invited to spend the day with one of our favorite families. Easter mass was beautiful and quite a bit earlier than we are used to. Somehow we all made it there on time with some time to spare and a whole empty row for our family. We can still fit in one row if we don’t mind the no elbow room factor.
The sewing room this week has been over taken by aprons, dresses that needed to be altered as well as Livie’s dress which we remade from a big girls to match her sisters. She was very excited to have a big girls dress. Of course, I always have to leave something for the last minute so in regular fashion, I was up way past the last hours of lent to make some last minute Bag-skets for everyone to use instead of a basket this year. Mateo has his full of flowers, twigs, eggs and every rock he found outside. I even lost my mind and made the boys bags from comic fabric. (did you know that I loathe all character images so my children have never had any clothing, bedsheets or anything else like this). They are very, very excited which makes me feel as though I have robbed them of a bit of fun over the years.
We came home to take the traditional Easter pics. We have always done it in front of our favorite tree which of couse is not here. Last year, it was too much for me to even think about with all that happened around that time and so last year, we only have a few pics taken by Poppa which were do washed out by the sun in the kids faces that I never posted them. This year, we continue our tradition under a new favorite tree.
The girls and I then retreated to our kitchen sanctuary to cook 10 different foods, it was quite the feast. Olivia received a new apron and has really not missed an opportunity to use it since. After dinner, Nick and I hid all the eggs and we spent the next few hours outside watching everyone hunt and just enjoying the beautiful weather. The chickens seemed to find quite a few eggs themselves and then we had the most amazing visitor from the woods. I will devote a post to it tomorrow. We are still in awe and amazement so come back tomorrow to find out who it is.
Click here, here and here to see our Easter portraits from years past.
What a beautiful family and life you have. I just found your blog and look forward to reading past and future events.
Your children are so handsome and pretty. Did you make the girls' dresses? The food looked so good! My mother always makes crescent rolls, too. The pews there must be wider than here in the seminary because my family of 6 (so far) could almost take up a whole pew – last time we squeezed in with one other person.
Don't feel too bad that you aren't in Florida. Today a snake wrapped itself around the drain pipe leading down from the gutter, all the way up on the deck! That was more than enough excitement for today, whether it was dangerous or not.
The cuteness in these pictures is just too much!! I’m so glad you’re back! I’m going to try to remember your bag idea for next year. When I got to be a teen, my parents used to give me a new purse filled with goodies. I have very fond memories of that.
What a beautiful family! I love the egg hunt photos. They've all gotten so big since we first started reading the blog. 🙂