Easter Weekend

I really couldn't have asked for a better Easter celebrating the resurrection of the King of Kings. I love that Bailey really got into the resurrection eggs this year and understood atleast that Easter was not about a bunny and eggs, but about Jesus. I love that we still travel a bit for holidays and were surrounded my family for the yearly small town Easter Cantata, family photo shoot (thanks to Robby), feast, and egg hunt. I love that I found the very last egg hours after everyone was done hunting, which my dad and I worked atleast 5 minutes retrieving. And as always the time flew by and we were leaving just as it seemed we had arrived. I think I have decided to travel as long as I can for Easter because I have some big shoes to fill when I decided to host Easter at my house. 

Mezger Family Photo

The Tackett Siblings and Nana

Gigi with Bailey and Blake

The Kids Table

Blake who didn't even make it to the kids table and was sat on the floor. He had fun though because he was right next to Ellie the dog and feed her some snacks and growled with/at her.

All the eggs that got hidden. We still have alot of "kids" who still hunt.

The starting line!

Blake hunting

Bailey hunting.

More egg hunting.

Robby and Luke.

This is what Bailey was hunting- little Toy Story 3 characters. Thanks GIGI!

Oh, and congratulations to Tori and Rachel. 1st and 2nd place in the egg hunt!

Reunions

Reunions have been one of the themes of the last couple of weeks.

Reunion #1 was with the Johnsons- Nate and Rebekah. They lead our small group for a couple of years before Nate finished his doctorate and they moved to Minnesota. We had a little playdate in the park and tried for a group shot of the kids....



Just need to add in Levi

I don't know if you can see, but Bailey is holding onto Elijah on the left and Kate on the right.

But there goes Blake.

We tried to have Blake sit in Bailey's lap, but then Elijah and Kate took off.

And we're done.



Reunion #2 was with Patrick and Rose Hanks. They were also in the same small group as above, but also moved away : (. They are expecting a little one in July and we hosted a baby shower for her on their recent visit.

Reunion #3 was Brandon and Laura's wedding. Luke and Brandon (and all the other guys in the pictures below) met during their freshman year in the dorms at Texas A&M. We took Bailey with us on this weekend trip to meet everyone since they haven't seen her since she was 8 weeks old when we all met up in Chicago. It was a big trip for us- first time on an airplane for Bailey and first time we left Blake for more than a day. Both went well!!! In my memory this will definately be the trip of whys. Why are we up so early? Why do we have to walk through those machines? Why do we have to take off our shoes? Why do I have to put lion in the basket? Why can't we get on the plane right now? Why do we put our stuff up there? Why do we have to turn your phone off? Why do I have to leave the tray up? Why can I not stand up? Why can't I go potty right now? Why can't we drive in your car, mommy? Why do we have to sleep here? Oh, I think I could go on forever with the whys. I just need to keep reminding myself that it's just a stage. Anyways, here are some favorites from the trip.

Getting a ride because her legs got tired.

Daddy and B looking at the airplanes, while I tried to nap during a layover.

The rehersal dinner. We ate while watching a Duke baseball game.

Luke and the groom.

Walt, Luke, Brandon, Sean, and Mike.

We took a trip to the mall to do some top secret room decorating for the bride and groom. We were trying to keep Bailey occupied while we went into Spencers (which ain't what it used to be). Didn't need her asking questions in that store!

Fun times at the wedding. They had a costumes table for taking pictures and wearing.

Group Dress Up.

Bailey with Princess Laura. Bailey really had to show self-control to not follow her around and touch her.

I think the best part about these reunions is that although we don't get to see these people as often as we would like, as soon as we see them again we pick up right where we left off.