Easter 2012

We had a great Easter weekend in Worthington.  We were busy running around (per usual) but we made it to sunrise service on Sunday morning which was no small feat.  A few pictures from our weekend!  Note, for some reason my pictures are uploading to Blogger sideways.  This is annoying, I know!!  I can't get it to load correctly, so you'll just have to strain your necks to view the pictures. Note, we started this day at 5:30 a.m., so I wouldn't say these are the best pictures I've ever taken.....and Warning tons of pictures in this post!! 

Ella was super excited to see what presents the Easter bunny brought for her!

From the Easter Bunny's first stop (Grandpa Gary & Dianne): Abby Cadabby Potty Book (we certainly will be reading this!), My Little Pony book of 5 puzzles, a bunny & candy!

The Easter Bunny's second stop (Mommy & Daddy): Cat in the Hat Golden Book, Cinderella Golden Book, Dora puzzle, Minnie Mouse pillow, Candy and a few other Easter trinkets!

The Easter Bunny's third stop (Kaila, Dave & Chase): Do you see the "basket"?!  OMG!  I LOVE this Easter Basket.  It's actually a bag designed to look like a tutu.  Seriously, it is adorable!  And so girly and SO perfect for Ms. Ella.  Contents were candy and bubbles and I can't even remember what other fun things were in there!  She was loving it!

The Easter Bunny's final stop (Grandma Deb):  I can't even list the items that were all in there...but I remember there were a few books, an Alphabet puzzle and loads of candy.  Ella has SO much candy!

And then - the Easter Egg Hunt!!

Yesterday I got a text from Jay (who was enjoying a day off of work at home with Ella).  They had opened and sorted all of Ella's eggs from the egg hunt and here's what the text message said:  "$12.54.  Not bad for Easter.  I told Ella how much she made and she said 'That's probably enough' "  HA!  She says the funniest stuff!

Chase Harm (4) and Ella Alice (2 1/2) on Easter morning.  I am almost positive this is the first picture we have ever gotten where both of them are looking at the camera and actually smiling.  Now if I could just get Ella to keep her hands down when taking pictures!!  But isn't this a cute picture?  They had so much fun.  And I also snapped a picture of Ella & Grandma Deb after all the festivities of the day, which I think turned out cute.  Both were looking at the camera in the first one, but when Chase jumped in for a grandkids pic, then Ella kept getting distracted!  Oh well....next time!

And the fun of the weekend continued as we celebrated (early) my sister Kaila's 30th birthday!  She turns 30 on Monday the 16th.  I baked Funfetti cupcakes with the new Duncan Hines mix-in frosting (I chose Cherry Vanilla).  Kaila was disappointed that these weren't from scratch, but hey, I was working out of my mom's kitchen and didn't want to travel with all the stuff I would have needed for baked from scratch birthday cupcakes.  They were still delicious! 

See her pink ribbon badge?  I made her wear it Saturday night during our little cupcake party  :)  I told her she needs to wear it on Monday too....and I'm going to bug her for a picture to prove she's wearing it!

First of all, ignore this old pan the cupcakes were on - oops!  Some frosting was piped on, but that got tedious and I was running out of time, so I switched to the old butter knife and added some jelly beans for cuteness.  :)

Happy Birthday Kaila!  I can't believe you will be 30.  That makes me feel old....