Happy Easter!

A happy day, indeed! 

As you can see in this picture, the Easter Bunny visited our house and left a few eggs in our yard. 

Lawson awoke at 6:30 this morning exclaiming, "he comed to our house!"  :)

I was in the shower and Russ was still sleeping when he ran into our room full of excitement!  We held him long enough for me to jump out of the shower and wake Emmitt up... it was sooo early!  Lawson usually sleeps until 7:30-7:45... thank goodness the Easter Bunny came before Lawson's mom got into the shower. :)

Here's what the Easter Bunny left for Lawson and Emmitt...

Lawson got a suitcase, foam bath letters, white chocolate covered pretzels, and Reese's pieces.

Emmitt got two new books: a "peek-a-boo book" and a "touch-and-feel book".  He is very into books these days, especially eating them and ripping them... I'm hopeful these will survive for a little while.  He also got a new bottle of berry bubble bath!

His first egg of the morning...

His facial expression shows his excitement!

A Reese's cup... the Easter Bunny must know about his favorite candy!

(As he opened this egg he said with great excitement, "Mom, this is what they have at the store!"  I said, "yeah, do you think the Easter Bunny went to the store?"  In a very matter-of-fact tone, he said, "No, mom, he made it in his workshop, he lives deep in the woods."  Hmmm... sounds good to me. :)

Emmitt was present with his towel-headed mama.  And did I mention that it was cold?! 

Brrr... Russ helped Lawson gather his eggs and then he opened them in the house where it was nice and warm.

Off to pack his suitcase for Martin, Tennessee... as he was pulling his suitcase, he had his hand on his ear talking like he was on a cell phone.

Lawson shared his eggs with Emmitt, but he didn't share his chocolate!

Amidst the Easter Bunny celebration, we were attempting to get everyone dressed.  It was actually pretty stress-free for once.  Everyone was dressed and ready to go with 15 minutes left to spare.  And although we had plenty of time to take pictures, our boys are just not at the photogenic stage... at least not all together at one time!  One minute Lawson is looking and Emmitt is completely looking the other direction or vice-versa... I know many of you understand... exhausting!

These are the best we got and although they aren't perfect, they are perfectly our boys.

Handsome, handsome.

Our service was very nice and encouraging...  He is RISEN and He LIVES... Our hope is in Him! 

Hope you had a Happy Easter and enjoyed time with your family... ours was a special day which began with the Easter Bunny, followed by worship at church, out to eat at The Macaroni Grill, naps and playing, and ending with bubble baths and new foam letters... and now, both boys are sleeping... ultimately, a day of spending time with and enjoying our family.

Happy Easter!