#1 The Ucon hunt
Bekah brought home a flier from school advertising this one. It was quite the adventure since we had to find parking at or around Simmons Park, hike all the way back to the west entrance of the park and then find an open spot on the edge of the field on the east side of the park. After the countdown, the girls scurried out and filled their baskets. By the time the deluge of children swept down from the west side of the park, we were finished.
Analee finding eggs in the field at Simmons Park.
Rebekah taking her pick from the Easter egg cache in the middle of the field.Ucon likes to recycle their eggs, so we found an empty dugout to sit down in and empty the candy into our baskets. Along the way, I spotted two kids who were holding near-empty baskets and looking a little forlorn. I asked them if they had arrived late. They told them that they had. So I asked the girls if they could share some eggs with the boy and girl. Neither Bekah nor Ana hesitated; they immediately grabbed several eggs from their baskets and placed them in the girl's and boy's baskets. I'm not ashamed to admit it ... I was a very proud mama.
#2 The Grover hunt
For the past several years, the glorious Aunt Rachel has taken it upon herself to host a hunt for the wee ones. And since Grandpa Dennis' birthday is so close to Easter this year, we combined the celebrations and had one giant bonanza complete with pizza, an egg hunt, playing with Buddy, skinning elbows on trees, cake and ice cream.
Grandma Susan holding Miriam while Miriam holds a plastic egg and drops a jelly bean.
Seth helping Bekah play the "ocarina whistle" she found while egg hunting.#3 The Scott hunt
Yesterday after church (where Ana gave her very first talk in Primary), we headed over to Grandma and Grandpa Scott's house where we dined on ham and found more eggs. We also played a repetitive game of button, button (for Bekah and Ana's sake), a game of charades (in which Bekah and Ana acted everything out) and made easter baskets (well, Bekah and Ana did).
Analee and Rebekah finishing off the egg hunt while Grandma Scott supervises.
Bekah climbing the swing set while Ana swings.
Bekah and Ana play on the slide while Cousin Bennet watches.To see more pictures of egg huntin' (and some funny expressions Seth pulls while giving underdogs), click here.