Coloring Easter Eggs

Marshel's note to the Easter Bunny. He said he wouldn't believe in the EAster Bunny unless "it" wrote back and gave him a hug while he was sleeping.

We had fun dying easter eggs. Nate had worked a 9 hour day, so he was pretty exhausted, but he eventually got into it and we had a good time. No one threw any eggs into the dye this year, but we did have several drops, resulting in some cracks.

Here are the results of our labors:

Easter 2009

The Easter Egg Hunt was a little interesting as we had a bit of a rain storm the night before, so the ground was pretty wet. In fact, all of the eggs came back with grass on them, and everyone's fingers were a little stained.

Nate said he didn't want to look for eggs, so he took pictures for me. But, then he thought better and started picking them up and putting them in his pockets.

Easter morning, Mom awoke to the sound of rustling paper and found Kellee in the kitchen with her Easter basket emptied and all over around her. She was so excited she couldn't wait for everyone else. Mom made her go wake up the rest of the kids.

Easter clothes: Nate got a new white shirt, but he had to work today, so he didn't even get to wear it to church. Rachel got a new dress and cute black sandals to go with them. Marshel got a new shirt and pants, but he gave Mom a hard time with the whole idea of taking pictures. Kellee got a cute new dress, shoes and hat. She loved the picture taking.

Note Rachel's new red hair. She got it just in time for Easter.

San Antonio: The Alamo and Riverwalk

Jackie and Michelle left the kids behind for an adult day in San Antonio. We first headed to the Alamo, listened to the speaker telling us the story of the Alamo as well as Jim Bowie (with his knife). Then we walked around the grounds seeing the many artifacts, the beautiful trees and gardens, and just enjoying the spirit of the historic place.

We were so amazed at this cool tree and how it just branched out in all different directions.

This is in front of the church at the Alamo site. We enjoyed going inside and seeing the 4 foot thick walls and some of the original artifacts. The flags inside listed what country the defenders of the Alamo were from and how many died there. Apparently, there was a Welshman there.

Looking down at the San Antonio River. The Riverwalk is actually down below this, so that's where we headed. After walking along for a little while, we decided to stop for lunch at the Rainforest Cafe. We had great salads, drinks and the waiter kept us company for a little while. We ate outside where we could watch the people walking by and the boats on the river.

After lunch, we headed down to where the boats depart for the tour. The tour was only $7.75 per person and it showed us a lot of the area. It was really interesting and fun. I can't wait to take the kids down there and do it with them.

Right at the end of the tour, we saw this bird in the tree. There was so much vegetation and wildlife along the river tour that it was like being at the zoo. It was a lot of fun.

While Gramma Jackie was visiting, we decided to have a birthday party for all 4 kids. It was actually Marshel's birthday, so he got some presents from us as well.

When Marshel opened his fire truck from Gramma, he said, "It's just what I wanted". Then Kellee opened up a huge princess coloring book and said, "It's just what I wanted." This started it and Rachel continued the trend when she opened up her yellow daisy purse Gramma had made her and Nate said it too when he opened up his card with cash. It made everyone laugh.