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Monday, March 24, 2008

Easter Fun.

My Grandma West (Grandma Beth to the kids) has been hosting our annual Easter party since myself, siblings, and cousins were kids. Now she is doing it for her great-grandchildren and it's still just as much fun. We start out with a hike to the falls from Kiwanis Park, then we barbeque and have a delish lunch then start the Easter egg hunt. It takes much of the day and the kids love it. Even Grandma and Grandpa Rose came to the big event.

Grandma Rose socializing at the kids table during lunch.

Grandma West and Lindsey hid the eggs and organized the hunt.

The baskets are full . . .

Starting the hike, Grandma and Grandpa Beth, G & G Rose and Zane.

Easter was too early for this cold snowy year, there was snow all the way up, here are Micah, Zane, Zoey, and we had to hold the picture until Brynn could strike her pose.

Zane, Brynn (with another beautiful pose), Ally, Zoey, Lindsey, Mikey, Brooklyn, Jeanette.

We made it to the falls!! The kids were freezing (of course Zane and Zoey are the only ones without coats, I thought it looked warm outside when we left).
Kids in the cave. It's fun to keep this tradition going after so many years. Happy Easter everyone!

6 comments:

STEPHANIE said...

Looks like the kids didn't go whithout. That sounds so fun(hike)! Are you and Jeanette related?

Palinista! said...

We are cousins, her Mom and my Dad are brother and sister.

Vanessa said...

I see Shanny missed the hike, hmmm, that is surprising! J/K!!! Glad to see EVERYONE was there and had a great time!

Kim said...

What a fun day. I was glad to see that the Roses came down for the fun. It is nice that you can mix families like that. Also so fun to have the Huntsman's there too. Abbie is always jealous that Zoey and Bryn are cousins and friends. Thank heavens for the kids, they always make every holiday so fun and magical.

Shannon said...

thanks for pointing that out vanessa. an aunt can only do so much...and i maintain that i am pretty much an indoor girl. my only regret for the day is not that i skipped the hike, but rather that i didn't eat a hotdog. :(

Heather said...

I love that the weekend worked out so well and you had such a good time. That's one of our favorite thigs to do as a family is hike to the falls. It's so rewarding as a parent to see your kids having so much fun.