This year with the Trujillo family for Easter we all went to church on Friday night together and then had our Easter Dinner on Saturday night. It makes it so much easier to not have to run around everywhere on Easter Sunday and then we can actually enjoy our time with the family. Emily hid eggs outside for Ashtyn - this was her 1st actual Easter Egg hunt - and she got the hang of it right away! Emily put all kinds of fun things in her eggs and Ashtyn wanted to eat all the candy right away as usual!
Sandy made ham along with all the fixin's and also made Cherry dessert as a special request for me - I just have to tell her Eli wants something and she will make it for me, she will do anything for her grandbabies - So the food was all good! We all got to hold Baby Robbie and love on him - I LOVE to hold him because he is so snugly, which is something I miss so much about Ashtyn - once they turn one I guess that goes out the door! 
After dinner and dessert we watched The Blind Side, which was the best movie ever -so moving and inspirational, makes you want to get up and do something! I definitely enjoyed our Easter evening with the Trujillos - it was very relaxing!
Dying Easter eggs has been a tradition I have know, since I was a little girl. Every year all the Aunts and Cousins meet over at Mimi's house to dye eggs, and the tradition continues... It is definitely a lot more chaotic this year then I remember when there was just the 4 of us kids - Kevin, Mari, Allie and I - I guess when you add 5 more little ones into the picture that is bound to happen - let's just say there were ALOT of cracked eggs this year! This year Ashtyn was old enough to finally understand what was going on and was able to participate. She would drop the egg in the dye and then would have to stir it - and then when it was done, she LOVED putting stickers on them. Ashtyn and Nana did a great job of decorating her eggs -
Even Uncle Kevin got back into the spirit and decorated some eggs himself...
I think everyone had a great time and it's always fun to be around the family - Mimi just needs to get a bigger kitchen to hold all of us! 
On Saturday night at 5pm the play set was FINALLY completed - Whoo! After several long evenings throughout the week tackling a couple steps at a time tring to get this playset together, Butch luckily came over Saturday afternoon to help finish as the wife-husband team was a bit tense with each other. It was definitily a LONG process, but I think well worth it. It makes our backyard seem a bit more homey and I am sure my children and their friends will enjoy it for years to come - I know I will! Matt doesn't want Ashtyn to see it all finished until her birthday - so hopefully we can keep her occupied enough until the "Final Reveal" on Wednesday night! A BIG thanks to my father-n-law and of course my husband for getting this project done just in time for the Birthday madness - Ashtyn and I appriecate it so very much. 
Now my plan was to have this swing set put together before Ashtyn's birthday next week - you can imagine my husband's excitement. But, Matt being the great dad that he is spent about 2 hours organizing all the parts and then for the next 4 hours we started the assembly process. Needless, to say we got to step 6 out of 24 in our first 4 hours!
Thankfully, the weather is supposed to be nice this week, so if we can spend a little time every evening we may get it done by next Wednesday for Ashtyn to enjoy on her birthday! I am very excited to see it completed - just wish I had a magic finger to snap and it would be done...
I really hope Ashtyn and Eli stay close with their cousins as they grow up - I was so fortunate in getting to grow up with my cousins, Mari and Allie, and have some of the best memories with them, memories I will never forget - and now they are still best friends! So I hope the same for these little guys - I hope they get to experience all the fun and joy that family offers! It's going to be SO amazing to watch them grow up...