Happy Easter!

Last year the Easter Bunny put together an elaborate scavenger hunt for Callie and Reese. Primarily for Callie, since Reese was barely able to roll around much less follow clues. This year the Easter Bunny decided to be a bit more direct but just as practical. The girls loved their baskets, or plastic storage bins, depending on your perspective. The bubbles and the books were especially big hits. All in all it was a fun Easter morning.

Although we don't have pictures from the big Easter egg hunt at church, there is at least one wonderful story to tell. Miss Carol, who taught Sunday school with Sarah for the 3-4 year-olds, had to do some quick thinking when one of the 4 year-olds announced quite loudly that the Easter bunny was dead. The parents were aghast, while the kids were so busy anticipating the egg hunt that they didn't really tune in to the implications of the whole conversation. Apparently that is the type of knowledge you can bring to these occasions when you have an older sister. Look for Reese to enlighten her classmates in similar ways in the not too distant future.

Every holiday we always have to rotate which family we visit. However, this marked the fifth year that we enjoyed Easter brunch with the Chrismans. They have even stated that if we were ever to leave the Lexington area that they expect us to travel to spend Easter with them every year.

And that explains why this family Easter portrait was taken in the Chrisman's back yard, and not in ours. Besides, their lilac bush has a much better shape to it.

You may notice that Callie and Reese have a variety of matching outfits, and their Easter dresses are a good example. Callie certainly enjoys matching her sister. We are sure this will change in the future, but we have embraced it and will continue to do so for as long as the two are willing. It is probably Reese who will want to shake things up first, but you never know. In any case, they had a lot of fun chasing each other around the Chrisman's yard in their cute dresses.

Easter also marks the fifth year that we have taken the traditional bunny ear shot with Callie. It is amazing how fast she has grown. We hope to continue this tradition every year, but we may have to get a new pair of bunny ears. These ones have certainly seen better days.

And with Easter at its end we looked forward to spring and all the fun it would bring. At the very least it was going to bring some opportunities to travel.