happy easter...

that is what these two were saying as i took this shot.

well, easter was a little weird this year. with grayson having the pox, plague, whatever you wanna call it, we were not able to grace the halls of the church, which i was really sad about. but that's ok. instead we planted flowers in our backyard that morning while grayson was sleeping, which we intend on making a family tradition each year on Resurrection Sunday morning. :) aislyn was such a big help! at one point she tried to plant a small basketball.

After our flower extravaganza, we went to Kenny's parents for a brunch. Kenny's sister Charlotte and husband Arnaud (Tati and Nono) were in town from Texas, so we got to see them tons over the weekend, which was nice since they haven't been home since Thanksgiving. Grayson of course, had a fever all day, poor baby. But we managed to get a couple games of Petanque in so that was fun. (yea, its a french game. you throw a big heavy silver ball at a tiny orange ball. and somehow there is TONS of strategy in it. thanks nono for the lessons. :)) After that, we headed over to mom and dad's for an easter egg hunt and some burgers. The kids opened little baskets and my dad told the Resurrection story, egg by egg by egg by egg... it was actually really neat. there are 12 eggs in a basket, they are all numbered. you read them in order and each one tells the story of Jesus death and ressurection, and there is a small prop in each one, like a thorn for the crown of thorns, or a nickel for the pieces of silver that he was betrayed for. it was neat, but OH MY GOSH trying to go through 12 eggs with aislyn and braidyn who are 2 and 4 took forEVer.

anyways, now for the photo commentary... i wanted to post a couple after the hunt. last year, the girls ended up in a smackdown over an egg that was hidden on my front porch. it was HILARIOUS. i think we were all secretly waiting for another smackdown, video camera in hand. but no, they were perfect. they even shared a couple eggs! you'll note in the first picture, that aislyn has her arms up and is trying to hard to hug braidyn, but braidyn is declaring "i can't touch aislyn because she has been sick!!". we told her, "no, aislyn was sick a couple weeks ago, but she's ok now. it's grayson who is sick." but she wouldn't have it. i found out later that my brother told her not to touch either of the kids. HA. i'm so not offended, i mean, we do have the plague. i would have told aislyn the same thing, it was just really funny. the OTHER reason that picture is funny is because braidyn is bending down. she CRACKS me up. she is CONVINCED that unless the camera is pointing straight away in her face, that she is not in the picture. it is so funny. so many pics i have of her she's leaning like crazy to try and be in the frame. i'm always telling her, "braidyn, stand up, you're in the picture i promise!" she says, "but i can't see! i'm not in it!". its so stinkin funny. and the pic of little grayson here; tati spread some eggs around him to make the perfect backdrop. note his ADORABLE little plaid pants. thanks liam! i'm glad i bought those for you man! they came right back around to us!!! also, back to the pics of brai and ais, note the pink crocs aislyn is wearing with her not pink outfit. yes, mimi bought her the cutest brown sandals ever to wear with her easter outfit, but did she want to wear them? no. and since we weren't going to church, not that it would have mattered or that dirty pink crocs would have made her unholy (i think her lack of potty training does that- HA! jk), i decided to pick my battles and let her win. i came to find out that courtney also had the same problem with braidyn. apparently she had much cuter shoes sitting at home as well.

i do NOT know what that face is for, but its funny.
and, may i say, snaps to you little brother (taylor) for getting this shot of mali! i edited it for you

and think it came out cute.

We hope and pray you all had a wonderful Ressurection Day and that you were touched by the true meaning of Easter as you celebrated with your families. Thank you LORD for the cross. We would be lost without it.