Easter weekend

Happy Easter (way back in April)!

The cousin lineup. I might have highly encouraged Kyler to participate one last time for me...

Brinna hated the thought of putting the baskets on our heads...but it is an Allen family tradition every year.

Later that day we decorated easter eggs as a family. I might have shed a single tear at the thought of Kyler not being here with us next year. Or the year after. And Kacin gone, too. And who knows after that!

I love Kacin. He is always the last to start and the first to be done, hahaha.

I will never understand the faces they insist on making. Every. Time.






Kyler made the New Zealand flag in honor of his mission call!

Easter morning we found lovely simple gifts in our baskets.

On the stairs listening to an easter message before seeing what the easter bunny brought us.

Easter egg hunt in the backyard!

Brinna in her easter best on the way to church. She insisted on wearing her new goggles into church.

Our family's favorite easter tradition is always the egg toss at the end of easter day.

I love the chance to be together as a family on easter. I love our focus on traditions and family time. And most importantly I love our focus on the Savior. We have so much joy because of Him. We have joy in eternal families, joy in forgiveness and repentance, and joy in strength to overcome all things because of our Savior Jesus Christ.

Easter

Easter!

Eight people gathered at the top of the stairs. All different feelings about pausing there. Some may call it torture to take a minute together as a family before bounding downstairs to see the treats and treasures that the easter bunny brought, but I call it centering on the most important thing first and an exercise in self control. We watched a short video about Jesus Christ then set the kids loose to find their baskets.

Two days before Easter, Perry told me that he wished for the Easter bunny to bring him a Harry Potter wand. And he knew that the Easter bunny would bring it because he knew the Easter bunny loved him so much. I’m glad Perry expressed this wish of his heart to me so I could witness the Easter bunny making dreams come true. Perry IS so loved.


I think her favorite thing was the toothbrushes.

Perry really was delighted by his wand. And Brinn was  actually just happy about everything.

Easter egg hunt!

This was the first year celebrating Easter in this house and our new backyard space made for a challenging hunt. In fact, just last week I found two eggs out there that we didn’t collect. Some kids only wanted the candy eggs, some only wanted the money eggs, and everyone wanted a golden egg.

The cutest little bunny. She had just moved up to 0-3 month clothes in time to wear this.

We had a little first Easter photo shoot.

I had the kids help me divide the eggs up by color. How pretty is this!!

Cousins came over for a second egg hunt and some prizes.

Easter 2021 family photo. 

We loved spending the evening at our friends house for dinner and an impromptu swim night.

More baby bunny pictures.

Layla made this cute card to finish off this celebration.

Because Jesus Christ lives, I get to have all of these happy, chaotic joyous moments with my family.