Easterin' (kind of)

We didn't go to the annual Easterin' spot with all the Browns this year. Instead we spent the weekend in Aurora with my folks. It was an unbelievable! Easter weekend. We started off waking up to it snowing-- hmmm. Lisa and her family were also at my parent's so the kids all checked out their Easter treasures. The boys got some much needed bike helmets-- my 4 & 6 year olds wear size 8+ helmets(they're smart, what can I say!) They were so excited about their baskets and unfortunately I wasn't prepared with the camera so I had to quickly grab the camera and start snapping to get pictures so some pictures were blurry until I switched my setting. :(
After baskets the kids watched a movie and then it was time to color eggs. It is always good fun. We discovered the tie dye kit last year and it was hit again this year but there were many brown eggs this year because Clint loves to add every color. After we dyed eggs we had a fabulous BBQ lunch then it was time for the traditional Grandma's Easter Egg Hunt. Grandma has so many eggs that we ended up scattering a bunch of them on the lawn. The kids had a great time afterward opening their eggs and finding their treasures of candy and coins and the 'customary' 2 dollar bill. I've loved this hunt since I was a little girl and I still love it-- I think my siblings still love it too. Maybe Grandma should do a hunt for the big kids too. :) We needed to find some clay hills to roll the eggs so we ventured over to the beloved Red Knoll. The wind was bitter cold but we all conquered the hill and then proceeded to throw and roll the eggs off the hill. After the cartons were empty we all headed for the car with a couple stops to throw some big rocks on ant hills. Kade couldn't walk past one without disturbing it-- such a cute boy! After that Darryl wanted to take the boys to play on the salt hills[just fyi it's not the food grade salt :)]. The boys were like lizards on the hills; they just laid on the hills in a tranquil trance. They played and played on the hills. We had to pry them off the hills. Their favorite part of it was played with the football. The boys would go to the back of the slip and Darryl would throw the ball into the dark abyss and the boys would roar with laughter. Then out of the darkness the ball would fly back. Darryl would return it again and it all repeated dozens of times. There just isn't anything like small town life-- playing in a 30ft. dirt hill doesn't get much better! A few memories after looking at the picutres: Cole walked around with this life-size basket most of the day and when he wasn't he was following Jack(the Nance's dog) around. There are a couple pictures of Clint's mannerizims--so cute how he talks with his hands and puts one hand on his face when he's going to say something. Kade wasn't feeling so hot so he was wearing Grandma's jacket all day. He still had fun during the fun times but during the lulls he would say, "I feel crummy."