Easter

This is as close as we got to an Easter picture this year. We seem to never be ready for church in time to take a picture before church, and Nate was long out of his white shirt and tie before we walked in the door and took a picture. We have too many different personalities in our family to ever attempt even similar looking clothes. Jeran and Nate aren't picky, but the closer Jeran gets to being 12 (he's actually only 10) the more he wants to wear a white shirt and tie to church so he and Nate were look-alikes this year. Megan's our casual girl--she'll put on a skirt and shirt once a week and is in pajamas almost as soon as she's home from church. Joie likes her dresses and will choose the "girly-girl" looks...but is just as comfortable in her jeans or pj's. We're glad we got at least one shot. I think we may be outgrowing the cute Easter traditions. We did have a great family day though, and enjoyed talking about Easter and what it means to us.

Saturday we had an egg hunt at Tim's brother's house. Before we got there Joie was the only one who wanted to hunt for eggs. The others were just interested in being with cousins. Once we got there Megan and Jeran caved and ended up hunting for eggs also. Megan is on a no candy pledge this year and gave her candy away (but decided she could keep the eggs containing fruit snacks). Jeran ate his (and probably a few extras). Joie ate some and saved some and ended up losing the ones she saved...and figured out if you leave a basket of candy sitting around in a house filled with 30+ kiddos you might not have any candy left. Amazingly enough, she ate dinner, which consisted of a variety of salads, veggies and fruit. She has decided she likes spinich but not salad...yes, I'm talking about Joie, a.k.a. Diana Jo, DJ, the non-vegetable consumer. Her plate was heaping with spinich leaves, some dressing, fruit, and a roll. Sunday we had a quiet day...loved every minute of it.