Easter: A Family Affair

After the Easter Bunny's fun, Dave, Drew, and I got ready for church where they had a breakfast and an Easter Egg Hunt.  Of course there's always a beautiful - albeit crowded - service.  One of the great traditions they have at our church is a floral cross.  They ask members of the congregation to bring in their fresh flowers.

Shortly before the service they bring the cross inside and put it alongside the alter.  After the service everyone comes up to take pictures at the cross.

After church we rushed to Grammy and GrampC's where the family was gathered to enjoy the holiday.  This year it was Grammy, GrampC, GG, Aunt Connie and Uncle Doug, Uncle Matt, Auntie Rana, Kent (Rana's Dad), Adrina and our newest niece Avery.

As is typical with the new babies, everyone fought over time to hold the newborn.  I gave up some of my time to pass her over to Drew for a few moments... this was the first time he even looked like he wanted anything to do with her.  It was quite sweet.

Drew got a new Angry Bird game from the Easter Bunny and inside was an Obi-Wan bird - so he had to wear his Obi-Wan cape cloak all day.  We made him wait until after church and we got to Grammy and GrampC's.   The  cloak was made by my Aunt Connie.

We managed to snag one snapshot of Drew with Grammy.

And then Obi-Wan used the force on Daddy.

Grammy has always been good at finding child labor.  Just ask my brother and sister.  Here Drew and Adrina were actually fighting over who could scoop the dead bugs out of the pool.

While the outside temp was about 60-63 degrees, the pool was roughly 65 degrees.  I wouldn't let Drew inside, but Uncle Matt was dumb crazy enough to try another "polar plunge" like he did at Christmas.

Only this time he refused to let me pick out his towel.  I picked out a nice princess pink towel at Christmas.  He preferred the manly blue.

And then the idiot jumped in.

Drew kept putting the force on Uncle Matt sending him back into the water.  He didn't complain because it was warmer in the water rather than out of the water.

GrampC decided to avoid the water and snuck some Avery time instead...

It's always so special to get the kids and family together.