The day before Easter, Alex did a race which was 6 miles of trail running and 12 miles of mountain biking. The thing was, it started to rain just 2 minutes before the race started and poured the entire time, so I reversed roles with Alex for my marathon and stayed in the car with the kids most of the time. The kids were excited (they are great cheerleaders) and were trying to help Alex get ready.

The race started running, then they would transition to their bikes, then back to running. Here was where they parked the bikes.

It was really muddy, but I think the rain helped wash it off, because he doesn't look too bad.

Here he is at the finish line! We were proud of him and did stand in the rain to cheer him on!

Later that same day, we went to pick up my sister and her husband from the airport. We were so thrilled that they could come and spend Easter with us! We thought we might be going it alone! Thanks Vic and Ben. Then on Easter morning we were greeted by the Easter Bunny...

Christopher always is analyzing and then discussing his booty.

Mark is generally easy to please...

We always try to squeeze in an early morning Easter egg hunt as well, which can be tricky when church starts early.

Mark was willing to search everywhere.

Anna was hilarious and kept thinking she was in competition with the boys. She let it be known which eggs she was after!

On the hunt.

By Easter Sunday the full bloom of the Cherry Blossoms had already started to diminish, but we tried to capture a little of it in the background with our family picture.

My sister, Vicki, and her husband, Ben, look pretty good with three kids, don't you think?

And then of course, there was egg decorating. This year, the kids painted their eggs. It was a bit different from tradition, but I thought they did a great job. Unfortunately, I forgot to get a picture of the completed product.



Sorry for the extra long amount of pictures, but, believe it or not, I left a lot out. I find it hard not to think all the pictures of my kids are cute. Does anyone else have that problem?