I hope that you all had a great Easter weekend! We had a wonderful weekend filled with lots of fellowship with friends and family and some wonderful time spent in worship on Sunday.

I honestly can not tell you the last time that it did not rain or snow on Easter but we could not have asked for a more perfect day this year! The sun was out and it was in the mid 70′s so we spent most of our afternoon outside.

So it wouldn’t be a typical Emily post unless I added lots and lots of pictures and then a few more but I just can’t help myself. I took so many picture on Sunday that I had a hard time choosing which ones to share with you so there is a little bit of everything.

Momma’s two little cuties before we left for church.

In years past, the Easter Bunny has usually come during the night so the kids get there baskets first thing in the morning. However, with them getting older (Joel especially) the Easter bunny knew there may be a massive melt down and delay in getting to church on time if he visited in the morning. So this year he came while the kids were down for their naps (to ensure that they got naps instead of getting sidetracked with their goodies). I am glad to say that the Easter Bunny did not bring one single piece of candy to our house as we are really trying to start limiting how much sugar the kids take in. Instead, Joel got some flash cards with shapes, colors and numbers, a few t-shirts for spring, a Bible, frisbee and Play-Doh (I think that the E.B. was out of his ever lovin’ mind for bringing that into my house since momma’s kind of a neat freak!) And for a little treat, some Yogos and Teddy Grahams. Caroline got some new jammies, hair clips, t-shirt, princess bubble bath and a book. All in all, I think that the kids really lucked out with the bunny!

Checking everything out.

After naps, we headed down the street to my mother and father-in-laws house for Easter lunch with Jay’s two brothers and one of his cousins and his family. Joel and Caroline wore themselves out playing with all of their cousins!

Here is Caroline and her cousin Quinn. They are the babies of the 7. Aren’t they just so darn cute?

My little man!

Awww! A tender little moment that was unprovoked.

Our attempt at a family picture that was a fail but this was the best of the bunch.

So if you did not know, my mother-in-law is greek and that lady is one amazing cook! Every year we celebrate both the Christian Easter and the Greek Orthodox Easter but this year they fell on the same Sunday. So that means we got to have the big traditional greek meal. I don’t know if you all like greek food or not but I LOVE it! So here are a few of the things that we had for our lunch.

Greek Salad

Leg of Lamb

Roasted Poatoes

Oh yes, can’t forget these, Spanakopita (spinach pies). I consumed more than my fair share of these!

Greek Easter Bread

Greek Easter Eggs. The eggs are dyed red to represent the blood of Jesus that was shed on the cross. After we eat dinner, everyone chooses an egg and then you go around the table and take turns hitting one end of your egg on another persons egg, trying to crack the shell. You do this until both ends of your egg are broken and whoever is the last one left with an uncracked shell is considered lucky.

Once we finished eating our lunch, the kids were antsy to get outside and start their search for candy filled Easter eggs. Joel double fisting it!

*Please don’t mind the fashion faux pa of the tube socks. Daddy doesn’t know any better

Once we showed Caroline what to do, she had the hang of it and took off as fast as her little feet would carry her!

I just love that sweet little profile and could just simply eat her up!

Joel playing baseball out at Great Aunt Lynnes house.

I hope that you all had a relaxing and rest filled weekend! Thanks for stopping by!

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