Easter Weekend!

Okay, so in the past 2 weeks I've been sick twice! I don't know what's up because I never get sick. So now I'm on my second really bad cold. It's been so bad that it's like my poor little nose is just crying. I went through 2 boxes of tissue in the past 2 days! The big boxes!!! Thank the man or woman who had the brilliant idea to put lotion into tissues! It made this cold so much easier. Now they even have tissues with Vick's, Aloe Vera and even Anti-bacterial tissues!
Anywho... We had a really great weekend. On Friday we all went over to Papa and Naynay's (my dad's) to hang out and color Easter eggs.

Me and Brooke

Me and my 3 youngest nieces - Mc Kinley 2, Maddison 9 months, Brooke 5 months

Mc Kinley and Uncle Ben

An Afternoon Bike Ride

Stopping to pick some flowers for Papa and Naynay

Reagan 6, pretending to be a Little Indian

Reagan - the 1st Grandchild

Wild Flowers

Hangin out

For some reason I thought this photo was so funny

Kerry 5 and Reagan 6 - Crazy Girls

Mc Kinley - She is one of the sweetest and funniest kids I know

So Silly!

Then on Saturday we went to Salt Creek Beach. This is seriously one of my new favorite local spots. It was mine and Ben's 3rd time there in the past month. The beach is kinda secluded, the sand is really clean and soft, it's never crowded, there's great waves for surfing and body boarding, it has a great little picnic area with a basketball court and there's trails where you can bike or walk. This time we took my sisters and their families. We had just planned to go out there for a picnic since the weather was so ugly but when we got there it was perfect beach weather! All of us rolled up our pants and our sleeves and played in the water after our picnic.

Salt Creek Beach

Picnic Area

Salt Creek Golf Course

One of the walking trails

Me and Otis

Ben and Peanut

Kerry and Daddy

Ben and Me

The Baran's - Todd and McKinley, Kim (my oldest sister) and Maddison

The Lam Family - Brenda (my second oldest sister), Brooke and Son

McKinley and Daddy

Ben and Me

Me, Kerry and McKinley

Then on Easter Sunday after church we went to my dad's. Ben's dad and little brother were over again and all the kids had a ton of fun. Across from my dad's house is a big open field. Dad mows a path through it and we always go out there to play. For Easter we hide the eggs all through the field and the kids really love it. We usually have rules on which eggs which kids can collect to try and make it fair for everyone. This year we just counted all the eggs and divided them by how many kids we had. So each kid got 18 eggs and once they found 18 they were done. It actually worked out really well. I started getting sick on Easter so I stayed inside most of the day.
Brooke

So Sweet

Maddison

Brian and Eric

Kerry and Brooke

Maybe there's more chocolate inside!!!

It's a Chickie!

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A fun craft from Family Fun magazine

Happy Easter!

I love spending time with my family. I look forward to Sundays so much. It's such a wonderful day to spend time honoring our Savior and keeping in touch with family.