easter bunnies

after a delicious breakfast made by that wonderful hubby of mine..

we got all dolled up and headed to our first easter celebration of the day. lilly wasn't into posing for mommy in her easter dress...but leave it to her big sis to always ham it up when the camera's around.

our first party was at bellerive, complete with clowns, balloon animals, the easter bunny and an egg hunt.

ry and mary modeling their bunny ears

ry was the only "brave" one to see the easter bunny.

lil kept her distance

kathleen always does a great job of getting some family shots.

my girls...

our attempt at a picture of all 4 kids. one day we'll get it...

let the hunt begin...

after we tore through all that bellerive had to offer we headed to my parent's house where we dove right into another egg hunt. every year we team up with my parent's next door neighbors and have a huge hunt for the kids of all the families to participate in. it never dissapoints...even in muddy conditions this year.

and they're off...

lilly and ellie teaming up

brendy and molly showed up right as the hunt started. i'm sure lisa would like me to assure everyone that this was not the easter outfit she intended for brendan. he fell asleep on the way to my parent's and was a little groggy during the hunt...

molly, however, was rocking her cherry dress!

ryan inspecting her loot...

don't worry, jackie boy was there too. his first easter...what a cute little bunny

another fabulous holiday in the books. every year seems to get better and better as the kids grow and become more aware of what the holidays bring. we look forward to each and everyone. hope you all had a very hoppy easter :)