Easter 2015 Part 3

2 weeks before Easter my side of the family gathered at my brothers house in Corcoran.  We also celebrated my Dad's 60th Birthday.  Matt and Caitlin were the only ones who weren't able to be there.  Caitlin was at a Spanish Immersion Camp up in Bemidji and Matt was working.  Bob and Laura have a fabulous new house they built that fit all of us very comfortably.  We started the weekend off by taking my parents to Redstone in Maple Grove.  It was very very yummy-Brian and I were coming off a red meat high from LS Holiday party the week before at Ruth's Chris Steakhouse. :)  we had alot of fun, laughed alot, drank good wine and got a little silly on the way home.   It was nice to go out with out the kids-they had fun back at Bob and Laura's with a sitter.  We played Wizard (cards), pool, and b-ball.  In the morning we had brunch and an egg hunt, followed by a birthday treat for grandpa Tom.  

Easter 2015 Part 2

Easter morning we all slept in, had a easter basket/egg hunt and then headed to Wabasso to the Salfer's for Easter celebrations there.  It was a full day but everyone had a good time.

hopefully next years picture of the unfinished outside of the house will look different!!!!

lauren sleeping still holding her sugar cookie

 visiting my Grandma-Lauren and Natalie were both out of sorts.
wonder what my grandma thought?!

Easter 2015 Part 1

Easter is my favorite holiday.  Not for the candy and egg hunts but for Holy Week!  As a kid I hated going to church that many days in a row and I would buck about it too!  Now that I'm an adult and "get it" I can't imagine Easter any other way than going and celebrating/participating Holy Thursday, Good Friday, Easter Vigil and Easter Sunday.  Lauren ended up throwing up Thursday afternoon so I had to miss Holy Thursday service.  Kind of a bummer starting out.  But I was where I needed to be-with her.  Luckily it was a quick little bug and as a family we were able to attend Good Friday and Easter Vigil.  And another part of Easter that I like is coordinating the girls outfits and Brian and mine too!  Its dumb I know, but its a way for me to feel like I have it together for at least 1 day. :)

Starting out Saturday, the girls and I went to River Rock for a treat and coffee while Dad was hard at work in LeSueur.

Then right before Lauren went down for a nap the girls got the egg dye ready.  They were very organized this year and tried some fun new colors.

Saturday's Easter Vigil was a little over 2hrs long and this photo was taken after.  All smiles!!  There were 5 Baptisms (one adult, two teens and two kids) 7 First Communions and 3 Confirmations.  It was extra special!  

Back at home I wanted to get a few more pictures, but I think everone was DONE at this point.  Our craziness/silliness settled in.

Our "twinsies"

Its the Easter Bunny!!