After enjoying some fair food (Poppy said the snow cones were the best purchase he'd made, as they kept all the kids in one place for a good twenty minutes), we headed over to Dan's Aunt Nellie's, where we found Jana and her family, and Jodi and her kids. It was fun to hang out with so much family at once!
The day before Easter dawned wet, cold, and snowy. Not to be daunted by the weather, we took Andrew to the local Easter egg hunt (the organizers claim it is the largest in the state--even bigger than some of the SLC hunts; I don't claim to know if this is accurate or not!). At any rate, Andrew had fun, though we had to restrain him from starting early. He even won a little Easter basket (there were about 50 for each age group, so this may not be saying much). Evelyn stayed home and napped with her dad, who had no interest in viewing the proceedings.
Easter Sunday was enlivened by the arrival of cousins: Andrew was so excited he could hardly stand it. We managed to get a few pictures after church before he finally shed his suit coat (a $6 bargain from Walmart!). Dan tried valiantly to get some pictures of all the grandkids, but he was thwarted by the inability of the youngest ones (i.e. everyone but Katie) to look at the camera, and Jake's refusal to put his Easter clothes back on.
After a nice lunch of ham, potatoes, rolls, broccoli and cheese, etc., Dan and Aaron hid eggs in the backyard for the kids. Since the weather decided to cooperate, everyone was able to go outside and enjoy the day.
I love this picture: the kids had a fun time laying on Bubby's hammock for a good ten or fifteen minutes. Evelyn doesn't look too comfortable (I only put her on for the pictures)--I love her death grip on the ropes!
All in all, we had a nice mini-vacation. It was hard to come back to the reality of papers to grade and finals to give.
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