Sweets & Treats! Easter Weekend 2012

Happy Easter to one and all! Today we celebrate Jesus Christ and His rise from the dead. Because He lives, we can have eternal life! Such a joyous day to celebrate; Praise the Lord!

We also happen to welcome a furry little critter called the Easter Bunny. Justin woke up around 7:30am this morning and came running into our bedroom happily yelling and jumping up and down, "The Easter Bunny came to our house!" Holy cow! The bunny ate almost all the carrots and crackers we left him! AND it looks like Scouty dog might have been chasing the bunny around the house. A little piece of his cotton tail was caught in the door! Well, the morning was spent hunting around, finding all his goodies....and boy did Justin make out pretty good. Just goes to show, the Bunny is always watching out for good little girls and boys.  Roller skates, a kite, books, candy, treats, a Justin Verlander t-shirt, and pajamas are just a few things Mr. Bunny hid throughout the house.

Justin was super excited because his Grandma and Grandpa Hawes spent the weekend with us. We had our Easter dinner on Saturday evening because Grammy and Grandpa had to head home after Easter breakfast. We had a lot of fun with them this weekend. They were able to come and watch Justin's first swim class at Goldfish Swim School on Friday. Boy, were we all so proud of Justin; his teacher said he had natural talent!

 Waiting for class to begin!

 Justin and his instructor Larry.

Such a big boy!

On Saturday, we did some shopping and mommy bought daddy a new grill! Happy Easter Daddy! We had an unconvential Easter dinner planned so having the grill was pretty important. We had steaks, seafood pasta and mommy's trademark bacon and almond green beans with shallots. Yummmmmmy! It was great having everyone together! We enjoyed watching the Tiger's beat the Red Sox and cheered on Ferris State (daddy's alma mater) in the NCAA Championship hockey game versus Boston College. Sadly, Ferris came out a little short, but it was a good game and everyone still loves the Bulllldoggggs! Grammy bought Justin a daffodil plant so they took some time to plant in that afternoon. How fun!



Sunday, after treat hunting, we all went out for breakfast and had to say good-bye to Grammy and Grandpa. This always presents a bummed out little J. :( BUT he is excited to go on vacation and visit Grammy and Grandpa in a few weeks when mommy and daddy go on their Bahama vacation.

After a slew of hugs and kisses and good-byes mommy, daddy and Justin went to visit Baby Ben at Arbor Crest....(We usually go to church on Easter, but mommy was having a tough day and a little sad about missing Ben.) It was a beautiful day though. The sun was shining, the breeze was blowing and it was very peaceful. Justin brought Ben a candy filled Easter egg, blew him a kiss and told him he loved him. It really warmed our heart. And, when mommy was a little sad, Justin took my hand and smiled and told me "Don't be sad mama. We'll see him again." What a wise and gentle little guy for 3 1/2, but he is so right...

We spent the rest of the morning at the park where Justin was sporting his new roller skates and we were trying to teach him to fly his new kite. He did good with the skates, but we have a little practice before we master the kite judging by how much time it spent in the trees and on the ground. :)

The rest of the day will be spent lounging, relaxing, snuggling and watching some movies in our comfy clothes. This was pretty close to a perfect weekend. Although, every weekend is pretty much darn near perfect whenever we're together as a family!

Happy Easter from our family to yours. Peace to you on his wonderful day!