Easter 2015

Easter basket goodies!

Bubbles, chalk, and a sacrifice-bean jar all turned to jelly beans.

Our traditional Easter picture in front of the house.

Daddy must have said something funny!

Waiting for the Easter egg hunt after Mass.  

Ready, set...

Go!

Joseph was barely young enough to join in.

The girls helped Anthony.

They had great fun.

It was a bit chilly.

Dan and the kids with the Easter Bunny.

Ham dinner.

Mommy and kids.

Later, we had a bunch of Easter eggs hunts at our house, all with empty eggs.

There was a chance to win money this year, either by finding the special eggs, or by getting the most eggs.

So they hustled!

Anne really hustled!

Counting up eggs.

Waiting for the results from Daddy.   (Money was won by all.)

Holy Saturday Fun

Holy Saturday morning was the time for Easter egg coloring.

This year I hard-boiled 5 dozen eggs, a dozen for each child!

They spent a long time getting their eggs just right.

Since our eggs are anywhere from white to light brown to a darker brown, we had a wide range of colors of Easter eggs.

The kids were very proud of their work.

Meanwhile I made apple and cherry pies for Easter dinner.

Easter

More goodies for Easter!

Kids checked out their Easter baskets.

Annual Easter picture - the kids have sure grown!

We followed the Easter bunny after Mass.

Waiting for the Easter egg hunt at our church.

Go, Anthony, go!

He showed off his loot.

Easter dinner.

Later, Daddy and Joseph hid the Easter eggs.

Hunting for eggs.

We got them all!

Waiting for the next egg hunt.

New kittens born on Easter.

Ready for another hunt - we had about 4 in all!

Kittens, Easter Eggs, and Cinnamon Rolls

On the morning of Holy Saturday, the kids went outside to play with the kittens.

Four little kitties.

There were almost enough to go around.

Anthony found they have sharp claws!

Anne with Snow.

Patch walking all over Catherine.

Meanwhile, I had boiled a ton of eggs for coloring.  This was the first year we got to use the eggs from our chickens.  When they were ready, we got to work.

The first eggs were in the dye.

Catherine showed off her first egg.

The boys took their job seriously.

Sweet little Anne.

Anthony's shirt met with some dye.

Most of the dyed eggs.   Using brown eggs works wonderfully!

Playtime after coloring eggs.

Some of my first ever batch of homemade cinnamon rolls, made for Easter morning.