I thought I would just go ahead and copy and paste my last two posts from the Suarez family blog; the first is from Good Friday and the second is our Easter recap. We look forward to more Easter pictures from the rest of the Tompkins clan!
We had a beautiful Easter celebrating the Resurrection of our Lord. It was such a wonderful weekend of delicious food, good company, partying, playing, and quality family time. Cecilia and Ryan Jr. had a fabulous time with all of the Easter festivities, and Ryan and I delighted in watching them have so much fun all weekend long. On Saturday, we enjoyed a yummy family breakfast followed by a morning of cookie decorating and egg dying. Cecilia really loved these activities but Ryan Jr. preferred to run around the family room half naked wreaking havoc because he knew I was distracted and was going to let him do whatever he pleased. In one picture, you'll see him looking rather devilish after dumping Cecilia's basket of eggs, which she had been carefully protecting from him all morning. During naps, I prepared some pies to add to the Easter desserts, and when the kids woke we headed to the Kazas' for some of Tabitha's amazing hot wings and bratwursts, as well as skitter rides and jumping on the trampoline. It was so nice that when we put the kids down to bed that night, we could finally answer "yes!" to the question Cecilia had been asking us at bedtime for weeks: "Is the Easter Bunny coming tonight?"
Cecilia and Ryan Jr. were ecstatic to find that the Easter bunny had filled their baskets and hidden eggs around the house, and when we asked Cecilia why he did this, she replied "Because on Friday, Jesus died, and today, he is ALIVE! Because he LOVES me!! And Mommy loves me TOO!!!" We think that she may have a future in Theology. The kids really enjoyed hunting for eggs in the family room, and although Ryan Jr.'s lack of concentration in this activity somewhat worried us about how he would perform during the outdoor hunt later on, he proved that he could hold his own after all. Our time at the Kazas' was so wonderful and we really enjoyed their world-famous hospitality and endless supply of food, as well as the company of the Ashburn Suarezes. All throughout the day, we felt such an outpouring of graces and God's love, giving us feeling of deep gratitude for all that God has given us. We are all so incredibly blessed!
3 comments:
It looks like you had a fabulous Easter day. There are so many wonderful pictures. Like Cecilia and Ryan's guilty icing/Easter basket faces; Cecilia looks so grown up decorating cookies and dying eggs; and there are so many nice family shots. Mary, you don't even look pregnant in most of those pictures! And then all of a sudden, there's the belly! You look adorable. I forgot to mention on the April post, I believe that photo of Cecilia at the park sitting on the slide is my favorite! Love you all! Oh and Ryan's cookie contribution had me laughing out loud.
I loved seeing the kids in action on Easter with the egg hunts and basket discoveries! I agree with Christina that you have to look really hard to see the new baby bump. :)
You all look so beautiful in your Easter pictures!! Cecilia is so grown up and Ryan Jr. the little man !! Very vibrant and fascinating easter eggs, especially thr bunny one :)) "The bunny, the bunny, someone ate the bunny! "
Love and blessings, Mom
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