Easter Weekend 2012

Just FYI...We had a really fun and busy Easter weekend, so there's going to be a lot of pictures on this post!

The Friday before Easter, we let Leah dye eggs for the first time and she had a ball doing it. Once she figured out what she was supposed to do, she didn't want to stop. It was hard to keep her from putting all the eggs in the cups at once. I wrote on the eggs before we started, but she did all the coloring, which meant that the eggs went back in the dye 2, 3 and 4 times (or more) before we finally made her stop. Here she is in action and with her final product.

On Saturday we went to our Putnam family Easter party. After a yummy lunch, we had games for the kids (and adults) to play - things like "Pin the Tail on the Bunny," Easter eggs on a spoon races, blowing Easter eggs with a straw, and throwing Easter eggs in baskets. But by far the favorite activity was eating a donut on a string without using your hands. When my aunt Kristine and I planned the games, I was imagining this game with those little Hostess Donettes. But Kristine got big glazed donuts with pink & purple frosting. So much more fun! The first round we let the little kids try it. But the second round some of us adults gave it a try. Here are some of the fun pictures we got of this game.

My cousin's little boy Kohen (the one laying on the floor in the next picture) was determined to eat the whole donut without using his hands, even after it fell off the string onto the tarp. He was so funny to watch.

I had printed some Easter pictures that the kids could color when they wanted to. Here's some of my siblings getting in on the coloring action!

Here's some pictures from the adult round!

For those who know my cousin Carter (in the blue shirt on the right), it would be no surprise to hear that he easily won this round! My other cousin, David came in a close second.

No post would be complete without a picture of these two cuties!

Here's a picture of my little family with my WONDERFUL Grandpa and Grandma Putnam.

We spent Saturday night at my parents' house and woke up early to go to church in Magna so we could hear the Turners speak in Sacrament meeting. The Turners are my best friend, Lesley's mom and dad (and thus have been like an adopted set of parents for me). They have accepted a call to serve a 6-month mission at the Nauvoo, Illinois Temple. We are going to miss them while they are gone, but are so excited they have this great opportunity. (I just wish Lesley could have made the trip from California to be here that day too.) Here's a picture we took with them that day.

After a much needed nap for all of us back at my parents' house Leah's Easter basket showed up.

This is not a great picture, but it is the only one I have of Leah with her Easter stuff.

After a yummy Easter dinner, my mom shared an Easter Family Home Evening lesson with my whole family. Then my sister, Lyndsee, had a special treat for the kids. They got to decorate egg-shaped rice crispy treats with colored frosting and sprinkles. They made a mess, but had a ball!

Cameron loved eating the frosting by the handful!

We spent Sunday night at my parents' house again so we could travel the next day to Elko, Nevada (more about this in the next post). Needless to say, we were all ready to go to bed as soon as everyone left. It was an exhausting, but fun Easter weekend!!!