The Parish family enjoyed our first Easter season as a family of five. I was excited to plan some new tradition for our family that I hope will stick as well as observing some of our already established traditions. This year, I spent a lot of the week leading up to Easter baking and cooking, trying out new and different receipes in the hopes of finding a few candy recipes to use in the years to come. I would much prefer my kids to enjoy a few special homemade confections than get loaded up on artificial sweetness. There were several that were a huge success! I think I can safely say that homemade marshmallows, peanut butter eggs, macaroons and “cadbury” eggs will sail into Easter 2015 and beyond!
Elijah gave his seal of approval to my homemade cocoa covered marshmallows!
Our church, Spring Baptist, has two campuses. Their Klein Campus hosted an Easter egg hunt on Easter eve and we were excited to attend! Elijah had a great time. He was thrilled to spend time with “Rah Rah” which is what he and other children call Robin, my friend and our Pastor’s wife. She and her granddaughter Hallie were a highlight of the day. He also really enjoyed the bubble machine!
Elijah and Patrick….taking it all in.
This boy just loved the bubbles!
Rory was very comfy staying close to Mama.
Elijah enjoyed checking out the sidewalk art
Patrick had a big time watching his big brother play!
Elijah and Rah Rah
Rory’s turn to go for a ride!
Elijah and Hallie……looking so cute!!!
Easter Morning
Our table is all ready for our Easter celebration!
Our family basket full of fun and yummy things for our family to share!
Special treats for Patrick and Rory
Lots of fun things for Elijah
Eggs for our Easter egg hunt at home!
My sweet Rory bunny.
My little chicky.
Elijah is all ready to see his Easter treats!
Our cute little Elijah bunny spots his loot.
Elijah handed out his brothers’ Easter gifts.
Peter Rabbit gave Patrick lots of good hugs
Chip’s parents gave the kids matching sailor suits! So cute! I think they will be wearing these on Mother’s day too so I can get more pictures!
Mama and Patrick…..Daddy was holding Rory.
My tiny two
I still can’t believe we are blessed with our sweet three.
Handsome guys
One of our established traditions. This is the third year our family has had our picture taken in front of the flower cross at church! The first year was when I was 36 weeks pregnant with Elijah!
Elijah hunting for eggs after church
I love this picture of my baby wearing husband. I told him today that I would love to do a side by side comparison of this picture and one back in his rock n roll days.
So serious
My handsome hubs
I love having my baby so close!
My sweet friend, Debra, who is expecting her second baby and is moving less than two miles from me in less than a month!!! SO EXCITED!!!
Patrick hanging out while his brothers napped.
We had some egg dying excitement!
Elijah’s favorite decorating medium was stickers
We had an Easter egg hunt for Elijah at home after his naptime
Wrigley was a good helper!
He searched high and low!
Maybe next year Rory can help!
Patrick loved watching his big brother.
We filled the eggs with quarters and Elijah loved putting them in his piggy bank
It was a long day for this sweet little bunny.
