Easter 2012

Happy Easter 2012 to our friends and family! Our photo isn't superb as we were in a rush to change after church and go to a church member's home to eat. (Not a good time to try to take a family photo :)
I left the full photo for future reference for myself on how far along the growing things are outside as things are blossoming earlier this year.

We had a full weekend with 4 church services starting Thursday and extra community events. I took Levi to an Easter egg hunt put on by our grocer and another by a nursing home. The grocer one was outdoors and SUPER windy and chilly. Several of my friends and there children got together with us and we gathered eggs together. Here I am holding Levi back from trying to grab all the eggs until the whistle blows.
This is Levi's 1st and only egg that he found and picked up:I was trying to get him to drop it in the sack when an airplane flew over and from then on he was watching the sky and by the time he looked down all the eggs were scooped up. :) I re-hid some eggs at home later as he really had fun hunting. He just gets easily distracted by awesome engine run vehicles.
Here is an Easter bucket he received from the church members whose house we went to for Easter dinner. It had bubbles, a book, and fish & animal cracker. Perfect for a toddler. I refilled it with a few books lovingly sent to him by "Grammy Lori" as well as 2 match box "Cars 2" cars I found on sale for .99 cents at kmart. He loved the books and the cheap car we got him. Thanks Grammy Lori!!!
Also, I figured I had to share this adorable picture and add an explanation. Levi has a fascination with toilets so I decided to use that to my advantage and attempt to explain the basics of using the "potty", instead of getting annoyed at all the toys he kept throwing in to our own toilet. A friend let me borrow her little potty and Levi takes time each day to sit on it now. He is no where near potty training or anything but he thinks its pretty cool to sit on it if we are sitting on one. :) Also , the pondering look he is giving is priceless.Lastly, here is a photo of my parents on the day of the wedding. I just snapped it quickly in the front yard but I like it and hadn't put it on the blog yet.