Easter 2011 {WARNING: Lots of Pictures!!!!}

This year we spent Easter with the Walker side.  Which means...COUSINS!!!! Brig loves playing with his cousins and had so much fun on Sunday.  He is getting old enough now that he somewhat-sorta got into all of the festivities.  We celebrated with some tried and true traditions, some family favorite traditions, and a new tradition as well.

I made Resurrection Rolls to go with dinner.  You make the rolls with a marshmallow inside but when you bite into them they are empty- just like the tomb was empty after Christ was resurrected.  It was a little over the boys' heads...obviously Brig was way too young to understand but it was nice having a tradition that was centered on the true meaning of Easter- our Savior! I think we will keep this one going...

We started things off with the classic EASTER EGG HUNT which Brig soon got tired of and just wanted to play in the sandbox or throw his ball.  But he still was able to score lots of fun things:)

Not quite sure why Cor did this...but that's the man I married!

Like I said...he LOVES being with his cousins.

One of the things that the boys got from the HUNT were some WATER GUNS!! Brig is really into guns right now so I thought that he would love them...and sure enough...the boys and grandpa got into a big water fight!

Brig started some FRIENDLY FIRE...not really sure what exactly he was aiming for but I thought it was pretty funny!

Then we DYED SOME EGGS

BEFORE

I have heard that brown eggs make much richer colors when they are dyed...so we gave them a shot and lucky for us Grandpa Madesn has lots of chickens that were willing to share.

AFTER

This is a tradition that Cory (and "Sis. Price," now known as Aunt Christy) learned while serving their missions in Latvia.  It is a really fun thing to do with all of the beautifully colored eggs. Here is how it goes...
Everyone chooses their egg and then on the count of 3... you hit them together and whichever egg cracks is the loser. The great thing is that each egg gets 2 tries...double elimination!

Cory's egg was the victor of the night!

He was a little proud.

I decided that I would find out what the gender of the wee little one growing inside of my belly...come on people...this is completely accurate!  So I dyed one side pink and one side blue.  Whichever side didn't crack was the gender....so apparently we are having another

BOY!!!

(I will let everyone know the truthfullness of this statment SOON!!!)

Then the boys ended the night with a little wrestling.  Brig's favorite thing to do with his cousins...he laughs even harder when he is the one being dog-piled on!

We hope everyone had a Happy Easter. 

We love our family

We love traditions

We love Brig
But most of all we love our Savior.