a whirlwind easter weekend

 This past weekend was a whirlwind of fun!!  Scott and Trisha and their 5 kiddos came last Thursday, stayed through the weekend, and celebrated Easter and Oliver's birthday with us!  Mima and Papa came on Friday, as well.  We had a house full of fun!!

The days now seem like a blur, but the kids had so much fun together...walks downtown to the river, playing together, play dough, mud, lizards, puzzles, legos, lightsabers, movies, a Saturday morning swim at the Y with the dads and Mima (while the babies slept and Trisha helped me A TON to prepare for Easter lunch), and we parents even got to squeeze in a double date!!  So wonderful!

Get ready for a few posts of picture mania!! :)

One of a couple evening walks downtown from our house down to the river/amphitheater...

Gotta love this boy and his boots!!

Waiting in The Alley, while the dads ran back to get the vans to pick us up because of a bad storm blowing through...we didn't want to be stranded in the rain!

sweet Olive and her daddy...

 Play dough fun...

 Even the babies had their own under the table looking for playdough crumbs fun...

 Looking for lizards and bugs...

Lightsaber duels...

 Meanwhile, Jake was still working on his giant ice cream cone...

fun in the mud...

movie time!!

 Resurrection eggs bible time before bed...

a resurrection/empty tomb snack...