Easter

Easter was a lot of fun at our house. The boys got cute Easter outfits from Grandma and went hunting for eggs right before our 8am church =).

Here they are in action =)

I even made them pose in the backyard for pictures =) LOL

They are so silly!

Right after church was over we went to my sister in law, Stepanie's, parents house for easter lunch and an Easter egg hunt. Stephanie's parents only have 2 grandkids and loved having all of my parent's grandkids over last year, so they offered to have Easter at their house again this year. Even though it was fun, there was also a somber mood because they had recently discovered that Stephanie's brother has cancer. Her Mom was having a really hard time, and we all had our thoughts and prayers on him throughout the day. That is not news that any Mom wants to hear about her child, and my heart aches for her and all of their family at this time.

My Mom holding Lila, who is the newest of the Whitfield grandchildren born on Feb 27th.

Tyler showing off his loot =)


Nathan finding the high ones with Daddy's help.

If you are wondering why Nathan has his shirt off in these pictures, it is because of a joke my punk brother decided to play. He decided to place a plastic egg on a pile of dog poop. Of course that is the first egg Nathan discovers, and of course nobody is near at the moment to stop him. He ended up getting his hand and sleeve in it. I turned the video camera to him and saw him crying so I put the camera down to go see what was wrong. He was really upset and acted like he thought it was his fault =(. We ended up missing half the hunt because we were getting him cleaned off. I was pretty annoyed and told my brothers they better hope it didn’t ruin his whole experience. They must have seen a mother’s wrath in my eyes (and hopefully felt remorse), because when we came back out Jared and Wesley had found a bunch of eggs and re-hid them near the porch so Nathan could find them quickly. I was surprised that Nathan was even okay with going shirtless, and even more surprised that he was willing to get back to egg hunting. Usually when he’s been embarrassed he gives up, and it’s the end of it for him. He ended up having fun and getting as many eggs as everyone else. I still think it was a dirty trick to play on a kid, but I should not have expected anything less from my punk of a brother Wesley. I love him to death, but he has always been a big pain in the rear sometimes =).

Wesley with his son Lincoln. Isn't he a chub?

I LOVE his cheeks!

Bruce and Brookelyn

Navie =) I love her expression!

After a few hours we then went straight to Josh's parents house to enjoy Easter Dinner and a relaxing evening. We didn't have another egg hunt (thank goodness, I was egg hunted out), but we spent plenty of time outside and enjoying family.

Kent (Dad), Tyler, Nathan, Josh, and Barron watching the hummingbirds that were all over the place. They sat doing that for a long time, I can not believe how long my boys sat still =).