Easter.....Aasmyr Style

The Aasmyr kids aren't afraid of the Easter Bunny!  I love this picture!  Outfits courtesy of Auntie Gin, my sister, who sent them from California to the kiddos for Easter!

We had a very low key Easter celebration this year.  My parents and MaMa came in from Beaumont, and we spent a relaxing day at home with the kiddos.  On Saturday, before Easter, we headed to Easter on the Park - an annual event held in Kingwood - with jumping castles, Easter Egg Hunt, pony rides, petting zoo, games, events, food, etc.  However, when we got there, we realized that the event had been cancelled.  We, along with hundreds of other people who showed up, were very disappointed.  Below, the boys are all ready for the big event (only to find out it wasn't there)!  So....we went to the mall and then later to the park!

 The Easter Bunny leaves the kiddos each a colored deck chair and a basket of goodies!

 My mom and MaMa helped me dye eggs for the Easter Bunny to hide!  This is just one of 3 cartons! 

Timothy is so excited that he got candy!!!!

 Timothy shows Benjamin his orange peeps!

The Easter Bunny knew that Benjamin hates candy/sweets - so he brought him his FAVORITE - Doritos!!!!

 Timothy got dried Kiwi - one of his favorites!

 The boys notice that there are eggs outside!  It's almost time for the egg hunt!

 Lily just takes it all in.....in her new hat!

They stop quickly for a pose.....Lily just wants her bottle!  She is saying, "Enough already!!!!!"

Tiimothy finds lots of eggs!  He is really into this whole egg hunt thing!   Benjamin only wants orange and red ones....which  makes it a little difficult since there weren't that many of those!  Dark pink counts as red with Easter Eggs!  :-)

 All of this egg hunting makes for two tired boys! 

 Lily is just enjoying all of the attention from Nonna and Poppa!

Harry took both of the boys to the park to meet up with their friend, James.  After they got home (around 1pm), Timothy falls sound asleep....and Benjamin rests.

 Lily is all dressed up in an outfit that James' (the boys friend that they played with) mommy got for Lily.

Finally, at the end of the day, we let Timothy - who LOVES sweets, tackle a huge cup-cake that we got for him!  He only ate some of the icing off and the rest went in the trash, but he was in heaven!!!!  You can see from the picture that he LOVES watermelon as well.  It's a family favorite!

 Last, but certainly not least, is the real meaning of Easter - the resurrection of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior.  I have to say that I was so impressed with Benjamin this year because he really seemed to understand that Jesus died on the cross and arose 3 days later.  He could tell us the entire story, including rolling away the stone, etc.  I was so proud of him.  Since Easter, Benjamin continues to tell us, "God and Jesus are the ONLY ones who come back after they die!"  Yep - you got it!