Easter

Lots of cousins for easter! The ferrari's came down for a couple days and smiths came back with me. We had our egg hunt a couple days early with everyone then another with more eggs on sunday. I think we counted at least 500 plastic eggs that were filled with candy or money or little fluffy chicks (toys of course)The day was blusterous! it was cold and windy but we managed to go out and get some eggs. The kids all filled up there baskets and dumped them all out. I still have candy left over. They just liked to play and be with their cousins. We also dyed about 5 dozen real eggs, Delaine and I even let lily and liam dye some. we love using the whisk instead of a spoon so much easier. we couldn't believe that we dyed all those eggs and nothing got spilled or tipped on the floor... until we were on the last egg liam was dying it. i was at the sink pouring out some dye when delaine asked for some help. red dye down her pants on shoes and on the tile floor. we all jumped to clean it up, i held screaming liam, while they poured bleach toilet bowl cleaner on the floor. but it came out and the shoes were a little pink. But hey someone had to do it. now we can tell the story and laugh. It was great to watch conference those two days together as a family. So wonderful. On easter Sunday james made his famous pancakes...so good and the real eggs were hidden until some crows started swooping down and taking whole eggs to eat them. So the kids had to run out and find the rest (the birds took about 2 dozen)it was funny. We had a great ham dinner and just had a wonderful time together.
Kids getting ready for the hunt
All our dying of the eggs, what a mess but sure fun!
Lily picking up some of her eggs, She liked to open everyone one and eat the candy right away.
Olivia and Sophia as the easter bunny girls.