Happy Easter!

Yet another holiday that was much more fun this year because the kids are finally getting to that age where they understand it!  Though we enjoyed this year, it'll be so much fun next year when we get to go back to our very favorite church in North Carolina and truly celebrate the holiday.

They started the weekend off with egg dying:

Got this idea off of Pinterest...bake your eggs in the oven at 300 for 30 minutes to hard boil them!

Then the kids enjoyed some Easter baskets from Meme and Poppy:

We ventured to the mall on Saturday and "attempted" to see the Easter Bunny!  The kids were so excited to see him until we actually got the opportunity to sit on his lap!  Ava and Gavin wouldn't go near him without being able to sit in kids chairs that they had for them.  I wish I could have purchased all of the pictures because by the fifth picture Ava was standing up running away!

They went on an Easter Egg Hunt and of course Ava got the most eggs because Gavin and Brayden would rather stop and open each one as they find them!

Of course the Easter Bunny visited them on Sunday with some pretty fun baskets of goodies:

Sunday evening we enjoyed a nice steak dinner at Joe's families house and the kids got to go on another Egg Hunt!

And they got some more great baskets from Nanna, Papa, Aunt Jen, Aunt Kara and Uncle Tommy:

We even got a visit from the Amato family!

Cousins just 2 1/2 months apart!