Easter Time!

We spent a long weekend up at Jon's parent's house for Easter this year since Jacey had a couple of days off of school and we wanted to "get out of Dodge" for awhile. Jon had to go to San Francisco on a business trip for a couple of the days leading up to Easter, so me and the girls packed up and headed north. We spent a couple of days playing with "Red Grandma" and the Pendleton cousins, and the day before Easter we went to the annual Larsen extended family Easter Egg Hunt at Grandma Larsen's old house (now owned by Jon's aunt Carolyn). Even after getting plenty of candy at that party, the Easter Bunny still decided to come and bring more! The girls enjoyed finding their hidden baskets on Easter morning, and were delighted to find that in addition to candy, they received the "Enchanted" DVD and the Dr. Seuss book "Horton Hears a Who!" It was an especially fun morning for Jacey since both the Easter Bunny and the Tooth Fairy left her surprises! Brooklyn just wanted to start downing the candy right away. We dressed the girls in their pretty new green Easter dresses and headed to church with Jon's parents. After church we had a big Easter feast at Jon's parent's house with a few of his siblings and their families, my brother Jeff and his wife Amy, and also a girl from Kyle's mission who attends BYU (who ironically is from Tustin and went to Tustin High--my hometown and high school!). After dinner, we had yet another Easter Egg Hunt with the kids. Needless to say, we are still working on the Easter candy two weeks later! I have decided that between Halloween, Christmas, Valentine's and Easter, the holidays are coming too fast and I am getting tired of all the candy in the house. At times, I have taken some of the "less desirable" candy and just thrown it away or taken it to my work to put in the candy bowls for the customers. I know, I am a mean mom! Overall, we had a great Easter and enjoyed seeing a lot of our extended family members.