Palm Sunday

We celebrated Easter with my family on Palm Sunday.  Aaron was actually in Boston to watch Tammy run the Boston Marathon (how cool is that??!!!) so he wasn't there...but we got to talk to him while we started our day!

He called during her bath...so we had to get out so she could talk to him.  The girl loves to talk on the phone.  She'll listen to whoever is on the other end, so eventually I have to tell her to say bye, or she'll just stand there and listen!

It was a really fun and long day...lots of pictures here, and I totally had way more to choose from!  We started the day with a brunch and some "hanging around." 


Blake, Brynne & Grandma!  Brynne LOVES her baby cousin :)

While we were "hanging out", the Easter Bunny came!  The backyard was filled with eggs!

Everybody say "EASTER BUNNY"




Hunting for Eggs!

 Blake was with us the entire time.  By the end of it - I WAS EXHAUSTED!  Holding Blake outside the entire time, trying to help Addy find eggs - and sometimes she wanted to get held while we were looking (my parents have about 3 acres, so we were walking for quite a while)...my arms got quite the workout that day :)


Mama & Blake helping Addy find some eggs



Look at all the Easter Eggs!

Checking out all of the goods :)

The Easter Bunny at the Tarara house was a bit tough this year.  "Mrs" EB (a.k.a. grandma) knew exactly how many she had put out for everyone and we were missing over 20 after we could not find any more.  We kept taking turns throughout the day giving another go at looking for eggs. 

Addy and her aunt Angela looking for some more eggs!!!

The little ones were pretty tired after the egg hunt and playing outside for a few hours.  So, there was a nap "lull" in the day.  But then, it was time to color Easter Eggs!  My mom actually saves eggs almost all year long for this - she blows out the yolks when she cooks with eggs, so you can save the creations!  She has a few baskets of eggs that she puts out at Easter that are from when we were little.  Very cool to look at!

Aunt Shannon & Addalyn coloring on her egg before she "dips" it!

Hunter & Addy wanted to go look for more eggs after a while, so my mom watched Blake while I went out with them and looked for more eggs.  Those 2 are going to get into trouble as they get older, I can just see it.  Their cousin Drew will help them get into trouble too, but he was busy coloring eggs while we were outside! 

Giggling at eachother!

On a mission to find some more eggs!

This a view from near the end of my parents property in the backyard.  The eggs were hidden all around here - behind us, to the sides and around the red shed on the right, and toward the house which is behind the trees toward the left of the picture.  The Easter Bunny hid the eggs in crazy places and holes that he would find in longer grass.  I'm not sure who he thought he was hiding eggs for, because even the adults couldn't find them!! 

We ended the day with 6 kids in a tub (well, rotating through all 6 kids with as many as you could fit in the tub at one time!  All cousins accept Blake!)...and left for home at bedtime.  It was a long, crazy, fun-filled Easter celebration!