Easter Saturday

We had a two part Easter this weekend, starting with an outing on Saturday with my "Mom's" group. We met at a nearby park with our families for a pot luck lunch and an Easter egg hunt. The sun was shining, but it was windy and cold!! Due to the weather we ended up staying for a shorter time than we originally intended, but had a great time while we were there. The "usual's" came with the exception of one of the mom's and her kiddos. (The group is technically much larger than the 4-8ish people who tend to come, but us "usual's" make the group a priority and are getting to know each other pretty well because of it!) A couple of our kids are just over or just under a year old so the egg hunt was a little less exciting for them than it was for the older ones, but the parents really got a kick out of it!

Here is Jonah using his new found crawling skills to hunt down the eggs. We started in a part of the field that was pretty vacant in order to increase our chances of victory. He soon found a few eggs, including a soccer ball egg no less! He really enjoyed examining it and couldn't really care less if it had anything in it. We brought the monkey "basket" that Gramma sent for him to collect his bounty.

These are two of Jonahs friends. Bella, who is often the only girl in what feels like a sea of boys, and Trevin, who just shook all of his eggs onto the ground because they sounded cool banging together in his basket. After the hunt we got the kids to sit for a couple of posed shots. Unfortunately Jonah was more interested in pulling all of the grass out of Bella's basket and the other two were more interested in watching him do it. After the photo shoot, it was time for the crew to grab a little lunch.


We couldn' t leave the park without Dad taking Jonah for a spin on the outdoor swings! (We found Jonah's love for swings while in Fresno at Nana and Papa's house. Those pics to be posted in a "lost footage" blog...) He loooooves the swings!! I am really exited about getting to go to the park more this summer and treating him to this simple joy! I loved going on the swings when I was little with my Papa. It is a very dear memory that I have of the two of us together and I am so excited about Jonah getting to an age where he can enjoy them too. I feel like it's something that will connect him to the Great-Papa that he won't get the chance to meet. It's crazy when something so small can be so special.