'Hoppy' Easter!

Hope everyone had a Happy Easter!!

Since we were headed to Bakersfield for the break, Suri received her Easter basket early, so that she could watch her special movie, 'Hop', on the ride up. Her Easter basket was nothing extravagant, but we wanted to make it special, so it included: stickers, coloring books, a bath book, a board book, bath crayons (which she's in love with!), a Cabbage Patch kids lamb doll, the movie 'Hop', and a felt rose (the dollar section @ Target is great for little gifts)! 

Suri also received lots of special Easter gifts in the mail from her Great Auntie Pat, Gramma Denise & Grampa Rich and Grandma Anne & Grandpa Kevin. Auntie Pat sent her an adorable Peter Rabbit feeding set, matching Peter Rabbit cupcake decorating kit, pretty new shoes, a bunny headband and two adorable Easter inspired outfits! Gramma Denise & Grampa Rich sent a box filled with pretty headbands, adorable plaid shorts with a t-shirt that read, 'Pugs n Kisses', and some real cute sunglasses! Then a few days ago, she received her Easter gift from Grandma Anne and Grandpa Kevin, which is a huge toy chest to hold all her toys! It's so much nicer to have than all the toys scattered across the living room floor :) So thank you to everyone for helping Suri have a special 

Easter!

In Bakersfield, on Friday evening, we had a special family dinner and then the kids got to have an Easter egg hunt! It was Suri's very first, so she was a bit unsure of what to do, but she seemed to have fun & liked to open the eggs to see what was inside! Nana & Papa bought her a cute little Easter bucket to hold all her candy! She had such a fun time playing with her cousins, the dogs and all her Aunts and Uncles! The whole family gathered outside to watch the kids play together and also engage in some games of corn-hole! 

 

Saturday, we attended an evening Easter service with Mom & Dad and sister, Ashley. Suri got all dressed up in her pretty Easter outfit, and we left her in the nursery for the first time ever! It was such an awkward feeling, but good for all of us to experience, and the people said she did pretty good. After the service, we went to dinner at BJ's, where Suri had lots of fun bouncing on everyone's lap cause the girl just can't sit still for a second! lol.  

  

Then on Sunday, we went to brunch with Mom & Dad, Adam, Helen & baby Meredith.We ate at Don Perico's, where they make super delicious omelets that are smothered in butter! From there, we headed back to the 'rents house, so Suri could take a nap. After a loooong 2 hour nap, we headed out for one last stop to see Gma B and Seth's cousins, before our looong drive back home to SD. Suri had lots of fun seeing her friends Grace and Reese, and really wanted to get into the pool. It was really great to spend some time with Gma, but we had to get on our way before it got too late. We arrived back home around 7 pm, put Suri to bed and then had the next day to spend some time relaxing at home for Seth's last day of break. 

Seth has the rest of this week & all of next week, then his finals the following week - the weekend off, and then it starts all over again immediately with Summer session. Oh joy. It's going to be quite an interesting summer!

**blogger changed their format so it's difficult to organize at the moment until I get used to things. sorry for the jumble of pictures w/o captions**