Easter Weekend

It was a beautiful weekend around these parts!  

We arrived home from Disney World Thursday evening and we spent the days Friday and Saturday getting unpacked, grocery shopping, doing aaaallll the laundry, and looking through over 1,000 pictures.  #IKidYouNot

Saturday evening we met my parents at one of our favorite local brew pubs for dinner, grabbed some ice cream, and then it was to bed early-ish for one and all to get ready for Easter Sunday.

Easter morning we all got up earlier than usual and the kids hunted their Easter baskets before sitting down to a quick breakfast before church.  We joined my extended family at 10:30 AM mass to celebrate our risen Savior and we, of course, used the opportunity to snap a few family pictures as we always do each year on Easter.  I had to post aaaallll the pictures because – Olivia’s faces!  Haha.

We headed to lunch at my MIL and step-FIL’s next where we sat down to a huge Easter Sunday spread of ham, pineapple casserole, corn casserole, cheesy mashed potatoes, fresh carrots from the garden, black eyed peas, and a lemon pie and Hershey pie for dessert!  Whew!

After lunch we had our traditional Easter egg hunt in their back yard, and the kiddos loaded up on eggs full of candy, money, and prizes.  Then we headed to my aunt and uncle’s house to hang out with my extended family for the afternoon. 

I haven’t been able to say anything on the blog just yet, but now that it’s finally official I can shout it from the rooftops… MY BROTHER, SISTER-IN-LAW, AND NEPHEW ARE FINALLY MOVING CLOSER TO HOME!!!!  They have been living in west Texas for the last few years and I have only gotten to see my nephew twice since he was born, y’all.  TWICE. They were living about 20 hours away and they are now only going to be living about 1.5 hours away so we are ecstatic!  They just made the move this weekend, so we were able to spend Easter with them and we are just so thankful!  It sure beats only seeing them once a year for Christmas!

Sunday evening my father-in-law stopped by our house to give the kids a few Easter goodies, and then B and I made a simple cheese board and some Moscow Mules for a light dinner since we were still pretty stuffed from our big Easter lunch.

Monday Jacob was still out for Spring Break so he and Olivia and I stayed home.  I swept, mopped, vacuumed, cleaned the counters, cleaned the toilets, washed some towels, and I finally got the last little pile of junk cleaned out and organized in the kids’ play room.  I had to have Jacob around for that because I have no clue where each tiny little piece goes and he remembers literally everything.  It’s crazy.

I’ll be back tomorrow for the first of many of our Disney recaps… I have soooo much to post about!  Tomorrow it’s going to be my recap by the numbers!!  Happy Tuesday, y’all!