Last year it snowed. The year before that Easter was in March and was cold enough that we had to postpone the big hunt till May. Easter being so late in April this year, we thought we were golden but rain and cold threatened all the same. We persevered and the great family egg hunt went on as scheduled. When I say great...I mean, not only fun and fabulous but also great in terms of size. This is Bryan's side of the family. His siblings and their children. But also his aunts, uncles and cousins...and THEIR children. Some serious kudos are due Bryan's parents for planning and hosting this event every year. I took oodles of pictures but here are just a few of my favorites....
Three different hunts took place. Lilian was in the "Under Kindergarten" age group. Here she is hunting through some of Grandma's bushes. This was her second hunt of the day....we had another little one earlier that morning in the common area/park of our neighborhood.
Brandon was in the "Big Kids" hunt. I chased him around for awhile, trying to get some pictures of him actually picking up an egg but he was so fast I could only get pictures of him sprinting from here to there.
The "Teen" hunt was made all the more exciting by the fact that there was money in many of the eggs. That was some serious egg hunting incentive for a group of kids that normally think they are too old for this sort of thing.
Here's Julianne meticulously combing through the bushes, irises and daffodils. It was because of her patient searching, rather than frantic darting around that she ended up with over $30.
Rebekah gets the prize for being one in mind and spirit with the most creative/tricky egg hiders. Inside the frame of the swing set? Who would hide an egg way up there? And yet, Rebekah figured it out. I guess she knows her uncles well.
After lunch was consumed and all the eggs had been found, things settled down a bit and we were all able to do some photos with Grandma Berneda...the matriarch of the whole clan. She is Bryan's grandmother...my children's great grandmother. She's a great lady and I'm so glad that my children know her.
Three different hunts took place. Lilian was in the "Under Kindergarten" age group. Here she is hunting through some of Grandma's bushes. This was her second hunt of the day....we had another little one earlier that morning in the common area/park of our neighborhood. 
Brandon was in the "Big Kids" hunt. I chased him around for awhile, trying to get some pictures of him actually picking up an egg but he was so fast I could only get pictures of him sprinting from here to there.
The "Teen" hunt was made all the more exciting by the fact that there was money in many of the eggs. That was some serious egg hunting incentive for a group of kids that normally think they are too old for this sort of thing.
Here's Julianne meticulously combing through the bushes, irises and daffodils. It was because of her patient searching, rather than frantic darting around that she ended up with over $30.
Rebekah gets the prize for being one in mind and spirit with the most creative/tricky egg hiders. Inside the frame of the swing set? Who would hide an egg way up there? And yet, Rebekah figured it out. I guess she knows her uncles well.
After lunch was consumed and all the eggs had been found, things settled down a bit and we were all able to do some photos with Grandma Berneda...the matriarch of the whole clan. She is Bryan's grandmother...my children's great grandmother. She's a great lady and I'm so glad that my children know her.
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What a fun day.
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