Happy Easter!

I don't think there is anything that can make a person more thankful for Jesus' sacrifice than being able to spend time with the people you love most! Easter is the one holiday we get to celebrate with my family at OUR house. It makes sense for us to travel home for the holidays so we can see all our family, but it's still nice to be able to host a holiday here. 

Friday Josh worked, but half a day. My dad replaced some lights for us (YAY) while he was at work. Then when he got home, he helped my dad replace some more. We got all new exterior lights. We replaced the old ugly ones with updated motion sensored ones. We got new lights in the kitchen and in the master bathroom too. Pictures to come soon!

We also colored eggs on Friday! This was always so much fun for me when I was younger and I still enjoy it!

 Coloring eggs!

 Helping Nikki decorate the lucky egg.

 Silly lucky egg.

We grilled out Friday night. Josh made some delicious ribs! After dinner, we sat down to play Monopoly. It was lots of fun but of course it took forever. We didn't even completely finish. We just decided it was inevitable that Josh was going to win. Haha. 

Saturday, we decided to take some pictures before going to the park.

They love each other so much

 Silly pup, she wants to run so bad here!

 Daddy with all his girls, except Bailey.

 Family pic!

After pictures, we went to the park. We took Bailey to the dog park first, so she could get some energy out. Natalia had some serious concerns about Bailey finding the lucky egg again this year, so I made sure Bailey had her own "eggs" :-). Nikki and I hid eggs while Natalia played at the playground with my parents and Josh took Bailey for a walk.

 This was Bailey's "lucky egg"

 This one had a string so I hung it on a branch. She had fun trying to get it off.

Gathering eggs! 

She's so curious!

After playing at the park and hunting for eggs Natalia and Bailey were both exhausted. We went home and had dinner. Everyone was tired so we all crashed pretty early. I woke up early Easter morning so I could cook breakfast for everyone before my family left. Josh and I were planning on going to church Sunday, but we were all running late as usual. My family ended up leaving around 11 and the latest service is at 11. 

We had a great time with my family this weekend. I'm so glad my family was able to come up a day early! We don't get to see them very often and when we do it's usually rushed. I'm so grateful for having relaxing (for us) weekend with everyone. This is definitely what I would consider a blessed weekend :-).