easter

We were sad that Mark had to work nights during Easter weekend but we tried to make the best of it. The weekend started with a fun easter egg hunt (inside bc of the rain) at our friends house and she even made us such an incredible Easter meal for lunch to eat together :) it was really so special and meant a lot to me - esp since Mark couldn't be with us. I just really feel so blessed to have found such sweet friends here in Des Moines!

Sunday morning we went to the early church service so Mark could just stay awake after working all night and even though reese threw a huge fit about wearing her dress, we were late, Lucy spit up ALL over her pretty dress, Reese almost wet her pants on the way there (involving some tears), my skirt didn't fit, and mark could barely keep his eyes open... we made it. ha. and God still spoke to our hearts and we left feeling so thankful and excited that He is ALIVE. and its just so sweet to hear reeser talk about it and sort of understand it.

our best attempt at a family picture after church:

after church we had brunch together at Mimis (my husband is such a trooper to stay awake). when we got home the easter bunny had come {we knew there was no way we'd get reese in the car for church if he came when she woke up ha!} She was pretty excited about the candy trail and especially that he had eaten the carrots she left him :) too cute.

then we tried to get some pics of the girls...

prob shouldn't have let reese have a tootsie roll right before. couldn't get it out of her hand and she couldnt get it out of her teeth ha. but lu sure was excited :)

and then we spent the rest of the day relaxing and playing inside - except for about 10 minutes of a cold and windy egg hunt for R. but she didnt care so much about the eggs and there are a ton still out there. she just wanted to play on her swing set that isn't set up. poor kid. still, such a fun day. i love our family!