Easter

We hope that you all had a wonderful Easter weekend. This year we spent Easter in De Soto at Aunt Lisa & Uncle Brent's house. We loaded up the Traverse Friday morning with Mema, Boppa, the three of us, and all our luggage. Poor Mema got stuck in the back. We made a few stops on the way down, which helped to break up the trip. We got to stop and see Nana in Hollandale. We hadn't seen her for quite some time. She of course had yummy homemade treats waiting for us when we arrived. We then stopped in Clear Lake for a quick lunch. Our next stop...Tom & Judy's. Unfortunately we didn't have a lot of time to visit with them, as we had to get to Aunt Lisa's to dye eggs. Ava had a great time playing at Tom & Judy's for the short time that we were there. She loved the kitty, and managed to drag out every single toy that they have. It was great to see them, even if it was for only a short bit. Mema & Boppa stayed there while we went on to De Soto.

Grandma Great, Aunt Lori, Zacky, and Reece greeted us at Aunt Lisa's. We were so happy to see everybody. Ava quickly put on some of Reece's "paint clothes" so that we could dye eggs. She was interested for about 5 minutes. Then she was off to play and read books.

Saturday morning Aunt Darlene, Great Grandma, and Grandma B surprised us and showed up at Aunt Lisa's. As soon as they arrived we left for a big Easter egg hunt that one of Aunt Lisa's friends put on in Des Moines. There were SO many eggs there!!! Unfortunately it was kind of cold and rainy. We left after collecting a ton of eggs and headed home for some lunch and a nap. That evening Aunt Darlene, Great Grandma, and Grandma headed back home and we went to church. Having Ava in church once again reminded me of how grateful I am for the nursery at our church on Sunday mornings! She is not a little girl who can sit quietly for an hour. She finally fell asleep about 3/4 into the service.

Sunday morning the kids woke up and found their Easter baskets. The girls (Jordan, Ali, and Ellen) came over later and we had another egg hunt outside. Uncle Brent and Daddy hid the eggs. They must have done a very good job because we are still missing one of Ava's eggs. They were supposed to be very easy to find so we're not sure if the dog took one of them or what happened to it. Ava had a great time finding all of her pink eggs though. After that we had lunch and it was then time for us to pack up, pick up Mema & Boppa, and head home. We ended up not getting home until about 6:30. The drive home seemed to last a bit longer than the drive down. About 30 minutes from home Ava decided that she "needed" to drive. She threw a fit, telling Nate that she needed to sit up front so she could drive. I have no idea when she learned to drive, but she was very adamant about it.

This week has been pretty low key. Ava spent Monday through Wednesday at daycare, and yesterday we ran errands in the morning and it was finally nice enough outside yesterday afternoon that we got to go for a walk to the park and play with some sidewalk chalk for a bit. Ava's bandage finally fell off of her belly a couple of days ago. Her incision looks great, I don't know if you'll even be able to tell it's there once it fully heals. We have her surgical follow-up appointment in a few weeks.

Other than that, it would be a fairly low key weekend. Nate is running his first 5K tomorrow. The weather should be nice, so hopefully he'll have a good time. Hope that you all have a great weekend!


Dying Easter eggs
Ava trying to get a good look at what's going on in that cup

Our rocker chick, who looks like a rocker dude in Reece's clothes

Reece & Ava ready for Easter service

Playing Peek-a-boo before church

Sadly enough, this is one of the better pictures of the three of them (the other ones Ava practically has her legs up over her head, she's so lady like)

One of the Easter egg hunts

Zacky helping Ava find some eggs

I found one!!!

Hunting with Daddy

This would be the giant bunny that Aunt Darlene brought for Ava. It is still at Aunt Lisa & Uncle Brent's house because we only had room in the car for the bunny or Mema...Mema won!

Reading her book that was in her Easter basket

Finding her first egg on Easter morning