Happy Easter!

We didn't get to spend Easter at the Hunt Club Farm as we did during our days in Virginia Beach.  But, we made up for it this year by having a grand 'ole day with friends...

Emmy had to wait until after we got home from church to discover her special Easter treats.  Wade played 'hot and cold' with her to guide her to her Easter basket that was secretly hidden by that sneaky Easter bunny... quite the goodies this year.  They got candy goodies, bubble fun for outside, and some good reads.

Next, we had our first annual egg hunt with our good neighbors, Theresa and Sarah.  Theresa and I hid eggs for the kids and they had a blast finding those colored surprises hiding in trees, underneath flowers or on an unexpected corner of the window ledge...  After they were found and the 3 were sifting through their baskets, Theresa discovered a lone, forgotten egg.  So she alerted the kids, and Emmy and Sarah ran like crazy trying to see who'd spot it first.  Then once it was spotted and put in the rightful owner's basket, I discovered yet 2 more eggs.  So the kids once again were alerted and they scrambled to add one more to their baskets.  Very fun indeedy.  Brenner enjoyed spotting an egg, popping it open and watching the goodies explode onto the grass.  So, I suspect we'll have some animal friends scouting our yard the next couple days to snack on leftover Starburst jelly beans.

We had some Easter-themed treats:  yellow cupcakes with a brush of vanilla frosting, a nest of chocolate shavings and 2 bitty jelly beans nestled on top.  So easy, so cute.

Emmy's never dyed eggs before, but I figured it's about time to add this to our Easter traditions.  I had this image in my mind of bright colored orange, blue, green and red eggs.  And it turned out that she's more of an artist than that.  She soaked her eggs in each cup and created an entire cluster of colors.

And check out these hands!  My oh my

Wade grilled up his first-ever batch of ribs, and they were nothing short of absolutely mouth-watering, tast-bud savoring, A-Mazing! I met some new friends along the way.  Their 2 girls got along fabulously well with our 2.  And the adults even got to squeeze in some Wii bowling action.  Mommies Vs. Daddies-style.  I'm going to say that the mommies won.  But, then I'd be lying.  So, I'll say that it was a close game.  Like a 4-point close game.  Cheaters, I tell ya.

This Sunday was a wonderful morning of worship followed up with the absolute enjoyment of good friends and new Easter traditions.  And nothing can really beat that.

Happy happy Easter.

Emmy and Her New Hair

I took Emmy to a salon and she got a little snip-snip.  I've wanted to give her a cute little bob for quite a while now.  But with her favorite movie being Tangled, I was afraid she would never let me.  All she talks about is how she wants to grow her hair loooooong just like Rapunzel.  I told the lady that I wanted to chop a bit off, but to leave enough for a cute stubby ponytail.  And I crossed my fingers that Emmy girl wouldn't flip.

She definitely got the royal treatment.  Nancy cut her hair to perfection.  Her favorite part of her little pampering session was getting her hair washed.  I know Emmy, oh so relaxing right?!  One of my absolute fave things to do is get my hair done.  And now, I think it's one of Emmy's.  She couldn't take her eyes off the mirror nor rest her little cheek muscles.  Those round cheekers were in a constant smile and she couldn't help the giggles escaping from her perfect heart-shaped mouth.  The staff and clients oooed and ahhhed at my cutie patootie of a little girl.  And about 4 inches later, she grew about 5 years.  She looks so old and sophisticated, a straight-up school girl she is.  She looked in the mirror, and said that her hair looks like Rapunzel after Flynn cuts her hair in the end.  That's my girl.

So we did a mini vogue session outside and got some cute pics of her rockin' new hairstyle.

We hopped in the car and started to drive home.  Emmy thinks for a second and says, "I want to buy a new dress with pink and silver polka dots."  I guess the hair had to be properly accessorized with a jazzy new ensemble.  But we'll have to do that another day... I love my girly girl.