Happy and Blessed Easter

Never let anything so fill you with sorrow as to make you forget the JOY of CHRIST RISEN! -Mother Teresa

As with most holidays, the best way for me to sum everything up is with pictures, so here it goes:)

The Weekend Before Easter:

Gianna got to go to a grocery store with G&G Teska for a little Easter fun:)

She got to meet the Easter Bunny for the first time-- not quite sure what to think of him;)

Searching for her basket at our house:Is it in the closet?... No...

Is it in the toy box?... No...

Is it by the chair?... No...

Where could it be?! (Can you see it in the picture?)

Found it!

Mmmmm!

Easter Egg Hunt in Myrick Park

Passing the time, waiting for the hunt to start... hitting the tree with sticks. (Wonder whose idea that was;)

Gathering chocolate eggs!

Looking for her basket at G&G Thompson'sIs it behind the chair?... No...

Is it by the couch?... No...

Is it in the play tent?... Yes!

Easter at Great Grandma Luebke's house:

The only picture we got with 2 of the 3 cousins.

Each year, my grandma has an egg hunt that everyone participates in. It's amazing what lengths everyone will go to in search of the top prize, an egg with $20 inside! Yes, there is someone up in the tree!

This year, Andy was the lucky one! He had quite the laugh too! He found the egg fairly early in the egg hunt and quietly put it in his pocket. He let everyone keep searching for it for about another 15 minutes. When no one could locate the egg, they started pressing my grandma for clues. It was then that she realized the egg wasn't there. Andy casually walked up and asked, "Is this the egg you are looking for?" It was the talk of the hunt this year:)

Gianna was just happy with the $1 egg she found for mommy:)

And she had fun looking for her basket too!

Easter at G&G Teska'sHer basket of goodies from G&G Teska

And her bag of goodies from Great G&G Rohde!

Egg hunt in the backyard! She could have easily taken her time, gathering up all the eggs, but she raced for some of them like she was trying to beat 50 kids to them;)

Look at all those eggs- full of stickers and quarters.

Enjoying the bubbles she got from Great G&G Rohde

Trying on her rainboots and sunglasses-- doesn't she look sharp?!

Blessed Easter from the Teska's!