Easter

Watching the kids participate in an Easter Egg Hunt never ever gets old.  

Here goes Austin!

 I love how excited these girls were for him!

 Next, Emma was up. 

 It's so fun to run into friends at neighborhood parties like this.

 And they are off!

Emma got lucky and found a five dollar bill in one of her eggs!

 
Hunter finished up his Easter egg hunt and gave all his candy away to a cute girl before we even got to see the loot.  Not sure what to make of that... Hunter says he didn't like any of it.  Dad was disappointed it wasn't saved for him...

 

Sunday morning we had 9:00 church!  With 4 kids to shower and get ready, we decided it would be easier to save the Easter Baskets for after church.



We laid out some new church clothes and a note for each of them that said...

Dear McInelly kid...
Your Easter basket has been stolen!
You'll have to come back after church and do the following...
Change out of these nice Easter clothes.
Hang up the Easter clothes in your closet.
Report to your Dad for your next clue.

It went surprisingly well.  We got ready and made it to church nice and early for choir practice at 8:30.  I played my flute and we enjoyed a great meeting. 

After church, the kids were anxious for their first clue.  They took turns reading the clues and along the way they had to do certain road blocks (like on The Amazing Race) before they could continue.   

Here they had to run around the swing set three times while patting their heads and rubbing their stomachs.
 

My favorite road block was when they all had to hug and kiss mom, but this dance like crazy for 30 seconds one was also pretty entertaining.

 They had to look all over for clues, even in the gross compost bin. 

 Finally!

 

After the kids had a chance to look through their baskets and check out their treats and goodies, we packed up and headed off to see Grandma Jeanne and Papa and some of the cousins.  We had a delicious dinner of ham, rolls, roasted potatoes and yummy steamed veggies with an amazing pineapple crumble cake dessert.  The best part was I didn't have to do anything but just show up and enjoy.  What a treat!

 One more Easter egg hunt!

The kids love to hide the eggs over and over again for each other.  It provided hours of entertainment for them which allowed the adults to sit on the back porch and visit the afternoon away.  It was the most beautiful weather and made for a perfect Easter weekend.