Easter 2008

This year we were in Atlanta for the Easter holiday, and had a great time with all the relatives in-laws and out-laws alike. The kids were dressed in their Sunday best, and looked clean and put together for at least several minutes. Surprisingly, that was several more minutes than we expected. It seems that as soon as you dress children, the clothes seem to reject the child and attract any dirt that is available. So in a matter of minutes shirts are un-tucked, shoes are missing, knees and elbows are muddy, etc... But at least they looked good for a bit!

They really were pretty cute...

Below is Aiden at his first Easter Egg Hunt. He seems to have a knack for it, and we found him munching candy later. He must have stashed it somewhere or swiped it from one of the older kids baskets.

After Mass we headed over to the Chattahoochee river where we found that we weren't the only people with that idea. Bryce led the troops out onto the rocks that make up a mini archipelago in the river and had a blast. Ansley and Lander were trying hard to match anything Bryce did, and so there were some wet feet and nervous parents. They didn't really want to get wet for a change since the water was only 50-60 degrees...shiver...

As the kids played on the "islands" the local Canadian contingent came over to collect any food they could find. The kids really liked getting the geese that close and feeding them. Bryce did his best to pelt them instead of dropping the food close by. Hmmm...he must have learned that from his mom...

Later on that day, after a pseudo-nap, we ended up at Angelique's house for a gathering. Our well dressed kids found the trampoline very entertaining, but it got even more so, when Uncle Nathan showed up. He'll be a great dad...shhh...don't tell him that. He'll get a big ego...

Here they are on the trampoline. I love Ansley's hair.

Nathan arrives and chaos ensues...

Once the kids were tired and hopped off, Nathan tried to teach them what not to do on a trampoline. The instructions to all of them were simple, and from what I can tell, kids always follow this type of instruction... "Ok, DO NOT do what I am doing...no...no...don't even think about it."

Cool...just plain cool...