Easter Weekend

We had a really nice Easter weekend this year. We decided not to travel because we didn't want the girls to miss school--it seemed like they were off more than they went in March. I never had two spring breaks when I was in school! And not to mention it was Masters weekend for Andrew. :-) It also kind of stinks to travel 13 hours in the car (total) with the girls for such a short weekend trip.




We visited my Dad and Clare on Thursday night so they could give the girls their baskets. I think the girls had more fun with their sparkly bunny ears than any of the other fun things in the basket. :-) That's Gracie the kitty with the bunny ears. And I was trying to get one decent photo of the girls together with their ears and they kept goofing around. Stinkers! Clare actually got the one cute photo of them in the chair.

So instead of traveling, Tom and Pat decided to come visit us instead! They flew in Friday morning where we relaxed at the house for a bit. Then we headed to the mall to do a little shopping and play in the play area while Andrew finished up work. We had a nice dinner grilling out Friday night and the girls had fun playing with Grand Pat and Bubba.

Saturday morning we had a nice big breakfast and then decided to head over to the mini-golf place in Chaska. We had the whole course to ourselves up until the last 10 minutes. It was great, the girls just went ahead and played as many holes as they wanted over and over with Grand Pat, while Tom, Andrew and I actually played a round. We really had a good time. Then we headed to get some lunch.

Gifts from Bubba and Grand Pat.




In the afternoon, the girls colored Easter eggs with Bubba. Unfortunately, I left the eggs out a really REALLY long time. So it was questionable whether we could eat them or not. I was really bummed. I LOVE egg salad. After egg coloring, we got slightly dressed up and headed to Wooddale Church for the Easter service. It was really nice they had an option on Saturday (that wasn't a Holy Saturday service) so we could go and not feel stressed as we would have attempting church on Sunday. The church is beautiful!! They had a full orchestra and choir along with projection screens with words and videos to go with the service. The girls were really well behaved and loved the music. We decided we really like this church and plan to attend services there in the future. After church, we headed over to Outback for a nice dinner where the girls were STILL really well behaved!


My mom had given me the girls' Easter gifts when we were in Cedar Rapids so we waited to let them open them. They both loved their books and chalk. Here they are playing with the chalk in the basement.



Sunday morning, we told the girls they had to both come in our room to wake us together before going downstairs. And they listened really well. Too bad it was 6:03am when they came in. UGH! They were excited to do the egg hunt and find their baskets. We had a nice morning eating Easter candy and I attempted to make Monkey Bread for breakfast, but even though I followed the recipe exactly, it turned out pretty disasterous. Too small pan...too many biscuits...overflowing liquid into the bottom of the oven=smelly, smoky house and undercooked, doughy monkey bread. Oh well, I will attempt it again with some modifications and hopefully it'll turn out better. ;-) Tom and Pat were very good sports about the whole thing.

We took Tom and Pat to the airport in the morning and then headed to Cindy and Shawn's house to celebrate Easter with the Engelharts. We actually arrived EARLY. I am notorious for being late to Engelhart family functions. Most of this is due to the fact, that I tend to arrive right ON time, it's not my fault that the REST of my family tend to arrive at least an HOUR EARLY. Anyhoo, we were super early this time and had a great time visiting with everyone, stuffing ourselves with yummy food and desserts and egg hunting. The best thing about Engelhart Easter is that there is still an egg hunt for the "big kids" which would be my generation. Yes, almost all of are over 25 (and a few of us are over 30), and we still get to do an egg hunt. The Aunts fill eggs with various amounts of change and hide them all over the yard. We're talking like 150 eggs! Then the little kids have their own hunt. So fun was had by all!
(I had some pictures I took at Cindy's but now I'm not sure where they went...will look for those and hopefully update later.)

We then arrived home in time for Andrew to watch the back nine of the Masters. The girls and I just relaxed and rested for a bit. All in all, a very fun holiday!