Easter Sunday

Easter Sunday was a day filled with egg hunting, family and food! We started the day at home waking up to find an Easter Basket filled with goodies for Ashtyn from the Easter Bunny and then got to hunt for the eggs he left behind. Ashtyn did very well finding all her eggs and loved what she found inside them - M&M's!

After getting all dressed we went over to Mimi's house for breakfast and our Traditional Easter Egg hunt with all the cousins. Breakfast was wonderful as usual, Ashtyn especially enjoyed the powder sugar donuts. After breakfast we hunted for eggs - this year Mimi hid them in the house since it was still a bit chilly outside which makes for another chaotic event - but Ashtyn definitely had an advantage because being the oldest Grandchild I know where most of the indoor hiding spots are - Although, Allie, who actually hid them for Mimi, found some new, tough spots this year! Ashtyn really got into it and was running around like crazy, but when she would find one that made noise she would have to sit down and open it to see what was inside, so we would loose a little bit of momentum!

Next, we were off to Miner's Field for another Easter Egg hunt - wasn't sure how well this was going to go since it was already 12:30, way past Ashtyn's nap time! Well, I was right Ashtyn wanted nothing to do with this event, so it was really just Matt and I racing around with a bunch of two year old picking up as many chocolate filled eggs as we could - I think we definitely got more then the others given our situation, but Matt has enjoyed the treats...

We finally got Ashtyn to her bed for nap after that event and she was able to catch up on her sleep at home! After she woke up we went to have dinner at Pam's house with the family. Uncle Steve had another Easter egg hunt ready to go in their backyard when we got there. Well at this point Ashtyn was over "hunting" for eggs and instead just ran around the backyard, played with the rock piles, and then when she found a big pile of sand, she was in heaven, and there she stayed and played!

The food was GREAT as usual and I of course ate too much - but how can you possibly not scarf down homemade Raviolis and Ham! Our Easter Sunday was very busy, but it wouldn't feel like Easter if it was any different. I wouldn't trade the family and traditions I have with them for anything and I am so thankful Ashtyn gets to experience this all just like I did - Happy Easter!