4.05.2010

egg hunts, easter finery and great-grandparents

I like Easter. I like celebrating the resurrection of my Savior, but also the spring weather, the blooming flowers, the emergence of color. I have great memories of our family Easter celebrations. My mom {a talented seamstress} made my sisters and me fancy dresses, but never finished until the night before. I remember waking up on Easter morning to find our dresses hanging finished right outside our bedroom door. Very exciting for three little girls who loved dresses. My dad hid our easter baskets and wrote elaborate clues for each of us girls to find them. We ate baked blueberry french toast and listened to Second Chapter of Acts before heading off to church, then to some enormous family gathering where all my cousins would be wearing equally fancy pastel clothes.  We did egg hunts and ate peeps and smiled a lot. Easter is a good day.

This year, we had two egg hunts to go to. The first was at our neighborhood park.

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There are A LOT of kids in our neighborhood, so it is a mad dash to grab the not so subtly hidden eggs.

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It’s a little sad to see all the kids in their winter coats and hats on Easter weekend … it was so cold!

After our  neighborhood hunt, we were off to the fire department’s annual celebration. Again, lots of kids {still in winter coats} and more candy than we had from trick-or-treating.

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In my mom’s honor, the night before Easter, I made some little embellishments for the kids’ outfits.

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I wanted them to all coordinate, so I made some sweet little flowers for boutonnieres, shoes & a headband.

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Before I was pregnant, and certainly before I knew I would have a girl, I made this little linen dress.  It was my first attempt at making a dress, and is pretty amaturely sewn, but it really looked sweet on my Audrey-girl and I was so glad she could wear it.

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I love that our kids have lots of grandmas & grandpas. Ryan’s grandparents {otherwise known as Mook & Pop} came up from California for the holiday and we were so happy to introduce Audrey to them. They adore the boys and are just the kindest, wisest, hard-working people you could meet.

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How special to have the oldest patriarch with the newest little one.

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I hope you all had a wonderful Easter weekend!

7 comments:

  1. Emily, I am smiling from ear to ear!! What beautiful family memories you are making. Your babies are gorgeous as are you, beautiful lady. I died when I saw the rosette on her little shoes and then the little men in their matching linen suits. I remember spending days looking for matching or co-ordinating outfits for my 3 son's. Oh my!!! Thankyou for sharing you made my day, Kathysue

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  2. I loved reading your childhood traditions, and how very sweet that you are continuing some of them and establishing some of your own! The linen dress and little floral touches are beautiful. How blessed you all are to have great-grandparents who play such a strong role in the lives of your family.

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  3. seriously, could your family get any cuter?

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  4. Happy Easter to you, too! Beautiful post! Your Easter traditions and memories are great! Would you consider a post (or even a reply here) describing how you make the flowers and headbands? Do you use fabric or ribbon? Thanks!

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  5. that. baby. is. the. cutest.

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  6. i am dying..love the flowers for the boys! my oldest wore the same linen suit.he loved it...

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  7. What a beautiful family you have! We're lucky enough to have a couple of great grandparents too and it warms my heart to see my little boy interact with both of them. Yay for family traditions!

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