Easter and fun with Uncle David

We had a lovely Easter weekend. Bethany and Keith and their family came to visit, and we drove up to DC to pick up David after taking the kids to the National Zoo. 

Nobody at church could tell these three were siblings. 😜

Clayton looked so spiffy in his Easter duds.

David misses his own kids while he's away, so we were the lucky recipients of his extra attention and help. He even mowed the lawn for Michael. 

This year I told the kids that they weren't getting Easter eggs (because last year a couple of the kids had been turds about not getting enough eggs), this year they hunted for their traditional chocolate bunnies and something different--a butterfly kit. We got a cup of five caterpillars. Hopefully they'll turn into butterflies--they're currently chrysalides. Honestly they gross me out (I even had a dream about them last night--that a tarantula was in the net eating them), but hopefully the end result will be worth it. 

Hunting.

Benjy was disappointed in the overall lack of candy. That face. 😘

Dying eggs.

Cousin Frederick (age 3) was so cute with Clayton!

Easter eve devotional after we enjoyed our traditional meatloaf, mashed potatoes, green beans, resurrection rolls, and carrot cake. (We had Easter dinner on Saturday evening because everyone had to leave after lunch on Sunday.) The weather was so lovely and it was a beautiful day spent as a family.

Then we were extra blessed because Char came into town to visit David briefly, and we met up with them halfway in a cute town called Front Royal. We ate some delicious Asian (they had a variety of cuisines) food at a restaurant there and then got ice cream. It felt like old times in Provo when we were newlyweds.

They are just the best.

 Char is one of my heroes! She is getting ready for their trip to Madagascar this summer for three years. I hope we can go visit them.