Amber and I have always had our most commercial part of the Easter Holiday on Saturday since the activities and traditions fit better on a Saturday. This meant that yesterday was a busy day!
When the kids woke up they went to find the baskets that were filled by the Easter Bunny. They each received candy, chocolates, and sun glasses. The kids were pretty excited about that.
We then got dressed and left the house to go out to our annual Ward Easter Breakfast and egg hunt at the church pavilion. No worries that it was only 32 degrees at the time...the old timers said we would be fine eating our pancakes outside in freezing temperatures, and they were right, we survived :) We had a great time seeing so many ward members. Adee and Adam arrived at the church just in time for the easter egg hunt. All of the kids had fun running around looking for the hundreds of eggs scattered out on the church lawn.
Later that day we held an easter party of our own. We had Verne and Ann, Adee and Adam (and their family), and our friends the Rickabaughs.
We started our party around 2pm. We kicked it off with two different easter egg hunts. The first was for the little kids down in our "orchard" lawn. The older kids were responsible for hiding the eggs down there. It was fun watching the youngest kids get such a kick out of hunting for the eggs.
Each egg had some pieces of candy in them. After the younger kids hunted, the older kids had to hunt for the eggs hidden by the adults. The Rickabaughs brought a silver egg with two dollars in it and a golden egg with five dollars in it. The kids that found those eggs got to keep the money. Man they were all motivated. The oldest Rickabaugh girl found the silver egg, and Aylee found the gold egg. The silver and gold egg ended up being the two last eggs found...thanks to the wicked hiding ability of Adam Christensen.
After the older kid egg hunt, we did the second annual adult/teen treasure hunt. I had some booklets prepared with puzzles and codes. People were running around with GPS units, booklets, and pencils searching for clues that led to the "treasure chest". The teenagers (Aylee, John, and Emily Rickabaugh) were the first team to find the treasure. They took a bold gamble and skipped a couple of puzzles to guess the final location of the treasure and it paid off!
We then enjoyed a little BBQ of hamburgers and hotdogs out on the deck. After that, we had our pinata activity. Kids of all ages had fun taking a whack at the easter bunny pinata.
Ann and Verne were the final batters and they scattered the sweet treasures across the grass amid kids on all fours rushing to get as at much of the sweet stuff as they could get. After the candy was all claimed, the teens took turns shooting arrows at the remaining face of the pinata as it hung on the swingset.
After the neighbors left, Verne and Ann presented easter presents to all of the grandkids. John received the most disturbing gift of all....a portable lighter. Hmm...there goes the barn :-). The kids really enjoyed the thoughtful little gifts at the end of the day.
It was a fun, and tiring day. We were grateful to be able to share the day with part of the Reed Clan.
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