Easter | 2013

This year we went to Grandma and Grandpa Stringham's to celebrate Easter. It was such a beautiful day and it felt so good to be out in the warm sunshine. The older kids had a lot of fun this year hiding all the easter eggs for the younger kids. Even though it's sad to see some of them outgrowing these fun traditions, it was fun to see them excited to make it fun for their younger cousins!

Our designated Easter Bunnies this year; Tommy, Ethan, and Audrey

Matthew 28: 5-6

And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified. He is not here: for he is arisen.

Neighborhood Egg Hunt

Last Saturday we had our 6th annual neighborhood egg hunt and we had the most amazing, beautiful, sunny day!! It was awesome. The entire street was swarming with kids with overflowing Easter baskets and everyone was able to find a golden egg and retrieve their special prize. This year Ethan was too old for the egg hunt, but my neighbor thought it would be fun to do a flashlight egg hunt at night for all the older kids. Let's just say we are in not hurting in the way or chocolate and sugar at the Kidd home.

Audrey, David, and some friends had fun coloring eggs this year and they did such a good job. They turned out so cute, but unfortunately we never got to eat them since our regrigerator broke and everything went bad. Boo!

I saw this funny clip on a friend's facebook page and it made me laugh. Who are all of these people that are getting so offended by the use of the word Easter egg?

Preschool Egg Hunt

Yesterday David had his preschool egg hunt and unlike last year, the weather actually cooperated. It was beautiful and sunny one minute, and the next minute it was cloudy and windy, and then back to sun. None of us complained because we were all just happy that it didn't rain! David had lots of fun and he just loves Mrs. Cloud so much. I can't believe that this year is already almost over.

David showing off the egg crown he made.

Posing for a quick picture before the egg hunt.

It was fun having the egg hunt at the park this year. There were lots of fun places to hide all the eggs. David especially liked searching over by the wooded area.

He didn't have time to stop and show me his eggs, but was kind enough to show them off as he ran by!

My favorite shot of the day. David had to take a time out from his search to make sure that his pants were buttoned up.
 

After the egg hunt, the class decorated an Easter cookie. The wind was blowing so hard that we were afraid all the plates were going to blow away. David took his decorating quite seriously.

The class ended with a bunny story in the grass. Oh my word... how cute are all their little faces taking this story so very seriously.

Well... it's official. That was my last preschool egg hunt ever. I'm so happy it turned out so well and after we were finished we headed over to the park to play for a bit. It would have been perfect if it hadn't been so stinkin' cold!

5th Annual Easter Egg Hunt

On Saturday we had our 5th Annual Neighborhood Easter Egg Hunt! With the crazy weather we've been having we were so happy when, once again, the skies let up for a few hours so we could have yet another dry egg hunt. It seems every year the weather is less than pleasant on the day of our scheduled egg hunt, but so far, without fail, the rain has always stopped for just long enough for us to enjoy our egg hunt.

This year is Ethan's last year doing the egg hunt. We do it for kids 10 years and younger, which is about perfect because it's obvious that the excitment of finding plastic candy filled eggs has lost most of it's joy and wonder for him. At this point, he probably participates more for me than him. He's a good sport like that. :) Next year he will probably have more fun helping hide all the eggs.

I'm so glad that Audrey is still very excited about participating in egg hunts!

Here is David finding one of the coveted golden eggs. If you find a golden egg then at the end of the hunt you get a little prize.
(We always try to have enough golden eggs for all the kids.)

The first year we had the Easter Bunny come and visit our egg hunt, David cried at the sight of him. The second year he was willing to go have his picture taken with him as long as dad was right there with him, but this year he was so excited to see him and he couldn't wait to say "hi" and shake his hand and have a picture taken with him.

David with one of his bestest neighborhood buddies.

In the mood to be silly...

As usual, the girls couldn't wait to start digging into their findings.

Ethan posing for his last Easter Egg Hunt picture! (boo-hooooo!)

On Easter Sunday we enjoyed staying in our pj's and watching Conference all day. For dinner the Munks, Grandma & Grandpa Kidd, and Kevin and Kinzi came over. We had another small egg hunt with Kinzi, and ended the day with our bellies full of good food and lots and lots of candy!


Most of all, this Easter we are thankful for our Savior Jesus Christ, and his atoning sacrifice for each of us. There is no other gift greater than this.

Wet, cold, but FUN Easter Egg Hunt

Today was David's preschool Easter Egg Hunt and boy was it cold!... and wet! But luckily the wind and the hail stopped just minutes before it was time to go! We had a break in the weather and everything turned out perfectly. And, of course, the kids could really care less anyway. They all had such a fun time! Mrs. Cloud really is the best preschool teacher out there.

David was so excited the whole time and I just loved capturing his smiles. Here he is sharing a little joke with some friends.

Very excited to find his first egg!

Mrs. Cloud really knows how to get all these kids to laugh and smile. She is just so much fun.


Divvying up the eggs is serious business, but Mrs. Cloud had it completely under control.

Mrs. Cloud had a lot of fun little games to play, they decorated cookies, and even had a little parachute time!

We LOVE Mrs. Cloud!