Instead of talking about how many posts I'm behind. I thought I would go ahead and get an Easter recap up on the blog while it's fresh on my mind, rather than adding it to my to-do list. We usually have some type of Easter egg hunt on Saturday, but this year we found ourselves with a rare (and needed) free Saturday. Allen re-decked our back porch, I enjoyed an early morning workout and hair appointment before running my last errands for Easter Sunday. My brother and I still make it a habit to get together before Easter and dye eggs. I can't tell you how much my mom loves this, so we ordered pizza and dyed eggs the night before. Jud was more into eating the eggs. He only wanted to … [Read more...]

Is it too late to recap Easter? I hope not, because this is going to be the week of recaps on the blog. Easter, birthday parties, end of the year celebrations at school. Judson had a cast and my brother got married, Braylen made the front page of our local newspaper with her cookie making venture. So many things to catch you up on!  I apologize for the lack of important life events that have yet to grace the blog. Let's start with Easter and move forward, shall we? First, let's talk about these ombre eggs in pretty glass containers. I bought those eggs that are fake, but just as easy to dye (or so the box says). That's not entirely the truth. I ended up painting these with acrylic … [Read more...]

The weather was absolutely perfect last weekend for Easter. On Friday evening, Chase came over to dye eggs with us. I think we're going strong on the pre-Easter egg dying tradition, we've only dyed eggs together for the past 22 years or so. Judson basically wanted no part in the egg-dying, which would turn out to be his attitude about most of the weekend festivities. On Saturday, we attended an Easter egg hunt with members of our church. Once again, Judson only wanted to pick up the eggs and eat them, without peeling them and they excited him very little. Braylen, on the other hand, saw egg hunting as an adventure and she loved running around and finding eggs. Especially when she realized … [Read more...]