Easter Sunday

Today we celebrated Easter with family. The littles were up nice and early to check their baskets and then we quickly got ready to head to the church. It was a special Sunday because Elder D. Todd Christofferson was visiting our stake. We went nice and early to save seats. The littles sat very well alternating between Gramma, Grampa, Uncle Arland, and soon to be Auntie Naomi. It was a wonderful meeting! Just before we left I was able to snap a few pictures of the kids in their new Easter outfits. 

Camilla has grown up so much! She's quite the little lady when she wants to be! Mr. Stannix and I were killing ourselves laughing whenever we told Hyrum to smile. He has the cutest fake smile I ever did see. I love that guy!

Joe was tricky because he wouldn't stand still enough. I snapped this one after church!

Joseph kept looking to his older brother to see how he should act. It was THE cutest. And then Hyrum's fake smile in the next one just cracks me up, so I had to include it! So glad my kiddos are such good friends.

 

Joseph has turned into such a little man lately. His face is filled out and he likes to ham it up for the camera.

 

This was the only one I managed of all three of them looking. I can almost hear Joe's belly laugh when I look at that giant grin of his!

After church came a quick egg champ so that we could make some egg salad sandwiches for lunch. Naomi did pretty good for a first timer! Mr. Stannix was pretty proud of his bumble bee and picked the chant "Sting like a bee!" Camilla thought it was pretty hilarious. Sadly, Gramma annihilated his Bee egg. Camilla and Gramma faced off for the last round and Miss CJ ended up winning! Watching her jump up and down was priceless.

While we all were visiting in the kitchen Camilla had fun quietly entertaining her little brother in the other room. I peeked around the corner to find them building and clapping together. It was the cutest moment!

We grabbed a few pictures on the front step after lunch and then relaxed and visited until evening.

Menu:
Ham, Scallop Potatoes, Green beans and Carrots, Garlic Asparagus, Jello Salad and Homemade Buns

Dessert:
Vanilla Cream cheese pound cake topped with strawberries and ice cream

My Parents, Grandparents, Brother and almost Sister-in-law joined us for dinner and the evening. It was great to visit together and hear stories. The kids were still on a sugar high well into the evening, but crashed as soon as they hit their pillows!  It's so great to be together with family to celebrate the Easter Season.