Easter Weekend - 2012

We went to Illinois for Easter this year - the weekend included dying Easter eggs, family time, playing outside, hiding Easter eggs, hunting for Easter eggs, and our first experience at a hibachi restaurant - all good times! Enjoy!

With splashy dyes we decided to go topless, haha.

 

Or markers. :)

 

 

A little fun in the backyard.

 

 

 

 

Easter morning -
waiting for Daddy to see if the Easter bunny came.

 Looks like it!

 

 

 

 

 

  

The Easter Bunny may have overestimated
the amount of eggs necessary for two girls. ;)

 

 

March Easter Egg Hunt

Toward the end of March we went to an Easter Egg Hunt at a friend's church. The kids were in groups by age, so Casey walked ran around with Mallory and I followed Abby around while she figured out what this Easter egg thing was really about.

 

 

 

 

Aubrey and Mallory checking out their haul.

What candy? :)

Here are two extra pictures I found at the end of March. :)

I asked Mallory to go get some jammies
and she came back from her room in this fancy outfit. 

 

 

Hoppy Easter!

We spent Easter with Grandma and Grandpa Butschli and my brother, Jill and Ember. Thankfully the weather cooperated and the Easter Bunny was able to hide eggs outdoors!

Looks like she's patiently waiting, doesn't it?

Ember & Daddy

Grandma & Mallory

The girls caught on pretty quickly and it was hilarious to watch them run around with their baskets "ooh-ing" and "ah-ing" at every egg they spotted.

And it didn't take long to figure out what was hiding inside!

She had something to say!

Putting the eggs through the railing for Daddy.

After dinner we played in the front yard.

Notice the "cluster" of animals on the porch...

Mallory was determined to have them sit together.

Then she became fascinated with the box across the street...
...so Grandma took her to get it...

...which made Ember curious too.

Hope you all had a wonderful Easter!