easter weekend

i wasn't planning on going to monroe for easter weekend - but here i am. my brother (travis) and his family were coming to monroe for spring break and because i no longer work on mondays (yay!) i asked weston when he thought i should go down for a visit. he suggested i go friday and come back monday because it would give him some time to get some photo work done for school. so, i packed up and headed out of town. we have spent the weekend just relaxing and eating - what else :) we all had lunch at the dairy on saturday and jen, my mom, and i spent the rest of the afternoon shopping in richfield. in between our shopping excursion, my mom had a doctor's appointment in monroe, so we drove back there and jen and i waited for her to finish before turning back around to go to richfield again :) (only about a 10 minute drive). the reason i bring this up is because the doctor and his wife live in an old monroe home (his office is in the home) and they have spent the last 12 years restoring and working on the home. his wife offered us a tour of the place and it was GORGEOUS. i fell in love. if it weren't so much work and time and WORK to restore, i would definitely want to do the same thing. maybe in 35 years :) sadly - no pictures.
here is a picture of kate - i just thought it was pretty cute :) my dad took it. pay close attention to her shirt - she's a blindside girl ;)
here are the kids (megan, kali, and drew - with jen hiding in the background) coloring their eggs. the funny thing is that they colored 4 dozen eggs. well, after they left them for the easter bunny to hide, the hunt was on. sunday afternoon they started hunting all their eggs. it didn't take long before one dropped on the entryway floor. yeah ... NOT cooked :) after discussing who cooked eggs and how many they cooked (jen and 2 dozen) we realized they colored 2 dozen raw eggs along with the 2 dozen she cooked. the hunt for eggs, raw and boiled, ensued. the kids found every last one - we hope!
here is kate on easter after church. it was her first sunday she got to go to church! she was a hit - all the ladies wanted to hold her in relief society but they had to fight my mom off first :)
here is kate with her easter bunny haul :) pretty much the candy is for dad, the bunny is for kate, and the picture is proof that we celebrated her first easter :) look at those pink tights - they are HUGE on her! my mom said they looked like elephant skin :) haha. she's got plenty of time to grow into them!