Easter Fun!

This year we celebrated Easter at Mema's house. Since Thanksgiving did not go very well with Britt's nap Zach and I were SUPER concerned about it. We are blessed with a family who, by now, is fully supportive of our kids napping schedules. It was a BEAUTIFUL day so we decided to let Britt nap inside while the rest of us (the older three kids skipping naps) ate a lunch outside and played until she woke up then had the egg hunt. It really worked out PERFECTLY and we all had a wonderful time!!!

I was pretty proud of how my Peep Cake turned out :)

Casey, Courtney and Jolee made Easter colored deviled eggs!

And I brought along some of the left over Chocolate Egg Nests

Mrs. Charlotte got each of the kids a little something for Easter :)

Kye got a book and Zach was so sweet reading to all the kids!

Casey and I were just in need of some attention haha

Praying!

Creating ways to have fun to pass the time haha

"Who is ready to hunt eggs???" Everyone: "MEEEE!"

Zach was yet again in charge of the video camera. I have to say that his abilities with a photo taking camera have greatly improved through the years....but his video taping? I think they have kinda gone downhill. It's like he hits record then doesn't really look through the camera ever? Haha. I'm just thankful he doesn't mind doing it b/c DUH I'm always the one wanting to take pictures ;) You can see all the riveting egg hunt excitement in another Zach Parker Production here!

Britt got a head start, she was crunk!

One of my favorite pictures of her ever!

They are off and running!

Mema and Britt had fun hunting together!

Big Papa is her favorite and I think he kinda has a soft spot for his Britt Britt too ;)

Zach, of course, had to count everyone's eggs to see who won!

The afternoon couldn't have worked out better! We all had such a great time together and the kids had a blast getting to hunt for eggs. I love that both of our kids are old enough to REALLY enjoy activities now. These are such fun ages. I enjoy getting to watch them have fun rather than having to be carrying one of them around the whole time ;) 

Easter Pictures 2013

I LOVE that Easter gives me a great reason to get all of us dressed cute and take lots of pictures :) Every year we enjoy coming up with fun coordinating outfits! You can see our family Easter outfits from years past here:

2009

2010

2011

2012

This year I found the kids outfits at The Children's Place. I love how their colors all coordinate so well together at that store! I'm not a big fan of their older girl stuff but their baby girl stuff is adorable :) Kye already had the pink tie and it was a last minute decision to throw it on as was the hat! He didn't want to fix his hair and we realized this hat matched perfectly so why not? ;)

We took all of Kye's solo pictures before waking Britt from her nap to save some time!

I found my dress at TJMaxx and the necklace and earrings at (random!) Hallmark. Zach already owned all his stuff that he wore :) I was struggling that day. I felt icky, had a LOT of foot pain (cortisone shots had all completely worn off and I was READY for surgery!), and had some pink eye issues. Which stinks b/c I don't like the way I look in these pictures from that morning AT ALL. Boo. At least my kids look adorable, and when you're a mama that's what matters most!

Britt insisted on wearing the necklace and that random bathtub toy ring as a bracelet! I LOVE that she's such a girlie girl :)

This is my new FAVORITE picture of my kids!!! It's my phone background photo and it makes me smile EVERY time I look at it!

I did a black and white version and added it to our photo wall ;)

Brittlynn SERIOUSLY loved her shoes. I'm not a big shoe person but Britt is, no doubt. She loves to play with all of her shoes and will give them to me so she can wear them even just around the house. When I saw these glitter ones I KNEW she'd love them, and I was right. She was so so so proud of those shoes ;)

After church services we headed to Mema's and took some family pictures before putting Britt down for nap.

She ADORES Big Papa (who she just calls "Papa!")

Proud grandparents!

I think Zach took some of these? Random one of Jordan

I know she's not looking but this is SUCH a cute smile on Britt!

Easter was also Casey and Jordan's one year wedding anniversary! No longer newlyweds!

Brad was in Atlanta for Lads to Leaders with church

The girls!

With Mema

Mema and her sister, Myrle (who reminds me so much of my Nana! I love her style!!!)

I really love how our outfits came together and love having TWO sweet babies to dress up cute on Easter. It makes me so excited to add a few more to the bunch and see what fun combinations we can come up with. I know it'll be a challenge!