Easter Fun!

We had a lot of fun for Easter this year…It all started the week before Easter as it usually does with the Annual Schaff Family “Basket Discovery Day”!

Grandpa Schaff and Grandma Tamara spend the entire year looking around their house, spotting out the best hiding spots ever.  He are a few that they used this year:  (Keep in mind that “baskets” are really zippy bags filled with candy and gift cards) Our basket was in the magazine basket under the entire pile of magazines and newspapers, under a false bottom at the bottom of the basket!  Mike and Jen had to dismantle the bottom portion of the dishwasher where the spinney part is to find theirs.  Cindy and Garrett were deceived by what seemed to be a brand new unopened box of Kleenex under the bathroom sink.  Bart and Jill found theirs in the plunger(I don’t think I would have touched that one!)  Andrea and Lance’s was the tube inside the wrapping paper.  Nate and Miranda found theirs in a plant filled with moss, under the moss!

They may be a little crazy, but we have a lot fun!

The little ones also had an Easter egg hunt outside before dinner.  This was Chloe’s first one.  After a little hands-on help and some coaxing from Daddy to pick up the eggs, she got the idea.  Avery was an old pro and got as many as she could.  Their baskets were hidden more simply than ours.  Chloe’s by the side the big puffy chair and Avery’s behind an end table.

Thanks Grandma and Grandpa!  We had a great time!

Saturday (the day before Easter) the Easter Bunny came to our house!

He left this…

 

and this…

and these…

And then it was off to Centerville and Dick’s Market for yet another Easter egg hunt!

It was a little colder than I thought it would be…their cute outfits weren’t quite warm enough!

The girls got to meet the Easter Bunny, Avery was a bit more excited than Chloe.

That is about as close as Chloe would get!  But Avery snuggled right in for a hug!

 

The older girls (Avery, Lauren, Ella & Adalynn) entered the coloring contest that they held.  We were so excited when Avery’s name was called, and then Lauren’s name was called, and then so was Ella’s!  They all three won very cute stuffed animals! 

It was then back the Grammie and Papa Jensen’s for the coloring of the Easter eggs.

Papa really got into too!

Grammie hid Easter presents downstairs.  Each girl got a beautiful, white flowing nightgown and a picture of Jesus also wearing white.  Thanks Grammie for helping us remember the true meaning of Easter and that if we try hard we can all be like Jesus!