Easter 2017

How can it be time for egg coloring again already?  Didn't we just do this?  The kids were so excited to do it themselves this year and I didn't stop them.

Perhaps 80 eggs was a bit much.  The kids were over it after about 40.  Sam helped me finish the rest.  

Sidenote, during our egg coloring we had the most horrendous wind storm.  Sam is terrified of the wind so I shut all the blinds and turned the TV on loud until it was time for bed.  When I left to go to the gym the next morning, I noticed the wind was a bit stronger than I realized.

Randy was in Cedar City so luckily Clayton was around to help lift the tramp off the fence.

The Bear Hollow Easter party came next.  My final Bear Hollow party, can you believe it? Tucker and Sam have a fierce love affair.

Cutest singing bunny

I've helped with this party with all 3 of my kids.  It's always chaotic but always fun.  I was exhausted afterwards.  Maybe I'm not that sad it's my last preschool party.

Saturday we headed west to eat hot dogs and roll eggs with the Griffin family.  Grandma and Max have to have a starring contest every time they see each other.  Max can't be beat.

The explanation of why we roll eggs.

Who are these men?

And get real, could Sam and Lennon be any cuter?

Easter morning the boys went on an Easter egg hunt with clues left by the Easter Bunny.

It doesn't matter how old they get, they love this tradition.

Especially this one.

Sam got a new Lego set and Max helped him put it together.

Then it was time for Easter fun at moms.

Older cousins

Younger cousins: plus Dallas and Jasper

Easter Egg hunt

Griffy had the best day of his life.  He was prancing around the field like a little bunny.

And he can climb trees!  Who knew?

My darling parents always throw the best parties.

Universal Studios

We drove straight to LA from Long Beach.  Universal Studios was calling our name.  No rest for the weary.  This bronze statue scared Sam to death when he came to life!

I haven't been to Universal Studios in years.  The Harry Potter land is a new addition, and super cool.  Hank has been reading the books and the rest of us are watching the movies.

The line for this ride was over 2 hours.  One of the employees at the gate asked Hank what the thing in his arm was.  We explained that he and his brother have type 1 diabetes and it's a sensor that monitors their blood.  He told us his girlfriend had recently been diagnosed with Type 1 and he understood just how difficult the disease can be.  He gave us front of the ride passes for the rest of the day.  It was such a kind gesture and so appreciated.

Sam wasn't tall enough to ride the Harry Potter ride so Randy bought him a wand.  A toy wand is a toy wand right? Not in the world of Harry Potter.  They take their wand selection seriously.  Since we weren't willing to spend 50 bucks on a wand I suppose we're not true fans.  Sam's pretty pumped with his cheap light up wand anyhow.

Who better to be in our family picture than Homer?

Homer would be proud of Hank with his Lard Lad Donut.  All five of us ate this btw.

The kids loved Bumble Bee.

Sam and Tucker call each other Scoobs and Shags so we had to get a picture for him.

We closed out our day at Universal with this gigantic pizza.  Between the pizza, the donut, and everything in between our bellies weren't feeling so hot at the end of the day.  We tried our hardest to make it to closing time but we were all exhausted around 8.  We stayed at a nearby hotel that night to rest up before the long journey home.  What an incredibly fun trip with my family.  The boys got along so well.  I feel very lucky we are able to take these trips with our kids.  We may have blown through a gallon of insulin but everyone returned home safe and sound.  I was so happy to retrieve Griffy from the Bromley's.  Oh how I missed my sweet pooch.