Easter Party Part 2

Our family Easter Party was to be from 10-12, to accommodate Katie's family, and try to work with Holly and Sam's move. Well...........The move took longer than planned, but it would still work. When Katie came we found out the out of town guests weren't coming so the time pressure was off, we could start later. But we weren't able to get hold of Janice and Great Grandma, to let them know they could come later. Mom and Janice arrive on time, only to have mom fall on our front porch, a huge knot on her head, and messed up her knee. Even though she didn't black out, and we iced things, because of her age, Kaiser wanted her to come to Urgent Care and be checked out. Mom didn't want to leave until we had had our Easter Egg Hunt. But Urgent Care closed at 12:00. We told her we would wait. So I alerted those that were moving at Holly and Sam's that they had a lilttle more time. They thought they would be all done by 3:00, since the new owner walk through was at 4:30, it was all hands on deck to help them finish. Before mom left she had a special gift for the Grandchildren. We had found some crocheted chicks that my grandmother, Nora Hansen had made. There were enough for each of moms great grandchildren (and the 2 arriving) to have one. So she had made special cards, and wanted to give these to the girls before they left. They are the kind that uses a plastic Easter egg to fill out the body. Sara thought it was pretty funny to have the chicken lay the egg!!

By 4:00 we had gathered (in the meantime Katie had a baby shower to go to) and Holly and Sam had unloaded the last in the Storage Shed. Mom and Janice were back....... So we had The Hunt.

Sara stopped after 4 eggs, even though we had some practice sessions the day before. Nora on the other hand knew what the game was all about.

This was Dana's first Easter Egg Hunt Anderson style, She was surprised when you didn't necessarily get to keep what you had found...It didn't take long for her to catch on. It really is hard to explain.

Here is Brad and Katie is the Posed Picture! I wanted to make sure I got at least one picture of everyone there.

This picture says it all. Holly and Sam were exhausted. This past month of trying to get moved out of their house, put things in storage, and move in with Sam's dad, until they find a house, on top of having 2 active little girls running around helping.

We did our trade. We had lots of good stuff. The men got socks, the women, slippers, Dana, some creative memories stuff, mom a motab CD. The soon to arrive grandchildren received a large receiving blanket, gown, and toy. The girls got a new outfit each and a couple of toys. We are enjoying the Elmo book. The lacing bear may be to advanced. The clock and the Sara Lynn Fisher Price stuff was a hit. I didn't get pictures of any of that. The shirt to Emily from Sam and Holly was the biggest hit.

I about forgot. I got to play a good trick on my kids. I got some collapsable Easter Baskets this year. Since Andy hides the baskets and they have to find them. In 20 years, in the same house, it as been pretty predicitable where to find them. Especially since we have had the same baskets for the last 20 years. Having ones that collapsed opened up a whole new set of hiding places. What fun.