Easter Weekend

This weekend my family came to visit for Easter. We were very happy they were able to come especially since my dad has been in and out of the hospital recently. They brought their dog, which Evie loves, as well as her very own bounce house to play in. (They rent them out along with other party supplies as part of their business.) She had a blast in it.

On Saturday, I decided we would take her pictures while sitting the the bluebonnets.  We found a nice spot not too far from our house.  Then we took a trip to the mall where I just couldn't pass up a cute spring dress.  After that, it was fun in the bounce house.  She hasn't figured out how to "jump" just yet but she had fun trying to walk and falling down.  While she was napping I hid a few eggs in the yard. She enjoying collecting them but might have been a bit disappointed when she stopped to open them and find there was nothing in them.  (I was not about to fill a bunch of eggs with candy that she didn't need.)  Her favorite thing to do with the eggs is to open them and have us put them back together so she can open them again.  I think she would do this all day as long as you were willing to put them back together for her.  We ended the day with more playing in the bounce house and chasing the dog around the yard.  

I really am thankful that we have family (both mine and Gabe's) that share the same hope with us that Easter brings.  I was reminded again at church on Sunday that this IS the greatest celebration we have.  We really would live in a hopeless world if Christ had not overcome death.  

Enjoying the bounce house

Trying to pick up an egg without spilling her basket

"Now, I thought I saw another egg over here."

Easter morning