Easter

We had quite the lineup of Easter activities this year! A new one was an egg hunt lunch. We brought things like carrots, pbj squares, goldfish, grapes, raisens, etc and hid them in eggs then put them around the park. Then we led a parade of toddlers from pile to pile where they got to pick up one of each lunch item. Elliot chowed down. We should hide his lunch everyday- he would eat a lot more!

Barely restrained toddler hoard

go!

Elliot collected all orange eggs

Annabelle bonding with Derek Heyen

Great shot of her bald spot + mullet combo. I believe the correct term is "skullet"

Bishop brought his camera and snapped some high quality shots of Annie

On Friday, we went to an Easter potluck/egg hunt- this time with actual candy in the eggs!

Blocking traffic while we crossed from the potluck area to the egg hunting area. It was reminiscent of the children of Israel crossing the Red Sea. Minus the drowned Egyptians. 

Elliot with his loot and sister

We're one of those "always picture perfect" families

Easter Sunday coincided with General Conference this weekend. It was a pretty wild ride- President Nelson's first as prophet. They announced the transition from Home/Visiting Teaching to Ministering, and combined Elder's Quorum with High Priest's Quorum. They also announced temples in India and Russia among other places. Gerrit Gong, who was bishop of my Mclean 1 Ward when I was in early elementary school, was called to be an apostle, so that's pretty cool too!

Conference is best viewed from blanket forts

Elliot's Easter Basket contained eggs from Friday's hunt plus a pack of markers that he is still obsessed with. The candy was largely ignored. He walked by the basket without noticing it a few times.