Stephens' Stories: Easter 2016

Easter parties started the weekend before Easter with our neighborhood party. It was Campbell's turn to be scared of the Easter bunny while Austin wanted to hug her and smile for a photo. Just last year he was still scared. Growing up! There was an egg hunt for the 2 year olds and under - Campbell quickly figured out there was candy in each egg :) Austin had to wait until the 4 and up egg hunt but brought home plenty of eggs with candy that we are still working to eat - one a day! They bounced in the bounce house, played on the playground, enjoyed chickfila and decorated cookies.

Later in the week, Austin's school had their Easter party. More egg hunting, cookie eating, and fun with friends. Campbell got to tag along with me to big brother's party - lucky little boy! It is so fun to see Austin interact with his classmates - he loves going to school and his friends there, especially Ben Hampton. On Good Friday, I took off work and the boys didn't have school so met the Hamptons at the Wilchester playground. The boys ran around for 2 Hours!! And Julia and I could just sit and chat, for the most part. Yay! On Saturday morning, we went to the Lakeside Easter egg hunt, breakfast and visit from the Easter bunny. Campbell liked hunting eggs but did not like the bunny. Oh well! Austin had fun with his buddys from school- Parks and Brooks Board, whose family is also a Lakeside member. Granddad, Annabelle, Allison and David came too! Unfortunately, DiDi missed it because she was sick. :(

On Easter morning, we made it to the 8AM church service. That's a feat. We celebrated Jesus and his resurrection with our church family and then came home to host our family for lunch. DiDi, Granddad, Annabelle, Allison, David and Mary Carol and Drew came and Stephen, Ricki, new baby Hudson even came! We had honey baked ham, chicken fingers, hash brown casserole, salad, fruit, rolls, mimosas, carrot cake and cookies. Yummy! Allison brought eggs filled with money for the kids to hunt. It was a fun morning and I actually got to host since mom's kitchen is being remodeled. ;) That afternoon, we went to the MiMi and Big Deal's house for more Easter family fun - dinner and an egg hunt too, this time with more money and candy! The kids had so much fun playing with big cousins Ben and Summer. We are thankful for family and for the reason we have Easter - Jesus lives!