Easter egg hunts

Ok, so it's been forever since I've put any kind of update. I've been inspired by one of my cousins (she knows who she is) to try to do a better job. We have had ridiculous amounts of computer issues, so I can't promise a lot of pictures, but many people tell me that they enjoy even just reading about the crazy stuff that happens in our lives with 4 kids!

So, sit back, relax, and hopefully have a good laugh!

The weather has been beautiful the past week down here as I'm sure it has been just about everywhere! So, my kids have all been outside a TON! Down here, Easter egg hunts are a big thing. Everyone has them, and it's not a big deal to go to several of them. This year we may have set a record, though. The weekend before Easter we went to one for the "big" city of Pell City. By big, I mean it's bigger than Riverside where we actually live. Anyways, they have 10,000 eggs "hidden" in the grass (i.e. they're all thrown in the grass) and then there are different sections set up for each age group. Last year we showed up about 5 minutes after the start time, and found out the hard way that they start on time, and in 5 minutes EVERY egg is gone. So, we showed up 15 minutes early this year & got a good spot for when the whistle blew to take off to get our eggs. 1 problem....age groups were divided 0-3 yrs, 4-6 yrs, 7-8 yrs, and 9-10 yrs. This meant that unfortunately, Mackenzie was on her own to do the egg hunt. Tom stayed with the boys, and I stayed with Jenna. Kenzie wasn't too happy, but I can only be 1 place at at time! Next year I'll just move Jenna up to go w/Kenzie's group. These are things you learn through the years!! ha ha! Anyways, it all worked out OK, and the kids were happy with all the eggs they got.

So then this past weekend, it got a little crazy! We started Saturday out by going to an egg hunt at the Talladega Superspeedway at 10 a.m. We got there only to find out that this one advertised to start at 10, but the first egg hunt didn't actually start until 10:30. It was threatening rain, so they ended up starting a little early, but we had to leave after the boys did their egg hunt because we had another one to go to for our church at 11:00. We arrived at 11:00 to our church one just as it was downpouring. But, after about 10 minutes, it cleared up, and the next egg hunt started. After this hunt, we enjoyed a picnic lunch, headed to a birthday party for about an hour, then had to leave for the next egg hunt! This one was at the little church down the road from where we live. Not a lot of kids come to this one (we went last year), but it's the only one where they actually hide some of the eggs! The girls love it! Mackenzie even won a door prize and came home with a huge basket filled with even more junk, err uh candy. Trevin didn't get to participate in that hunt, though because he fell asleep on the way there & we couldn't get him to wake up! Oh well...he woke up in time for the snacks afterwards :)

Then, on Sunday afternoon as we were getting ready to finally color our Easter eggs (better late than never, huh?) our neighbor asked if the kids would like to join in an egg hunt at their house that their grandkids were going to do. Sure, why not? Jenna ended up finding an egg with $5 in it! She of course said that was her favorite egg hunt! Once they finished coloring their eggs, the girls wanted to do another egg hunt of our own. So, we did our own egg hunt in our yard.

Did I mention that Jenna had also had an egg hunt at school on Friday?? Are you getting the drift that it's ridiculous how many egg hunts they do around here? But, the kids love them and they're free, so I'm not going to complain! We've got enough candy around here to last the next couple years. Oh, and we're going to the dentist tomorrow....