Easter Pics

We celebrated Easter about 4 times this weekend! Easter #1 was with Grandma and Grandpa Duerksen and cousins. Easter #2 was at church. Easter #3 was just our family (we failed to get the basket hunt in before church, so the kids hunted while lunch was being made). Easter #4 was here at our house with Grammy and Papa and cousins, etc. All 4 Easter included a hunt of some kind. Cambry might have been heard saying, "I'm not doing any more Easter egg hunts" before each hunt! Once she saw the eggs, though, she couldn't help herself. And, she was a fantastic big sister and helped Delaney find eggs!

Easter #1

Our three with Mace - fishing = waiting

Off they go!

Cambry caught this big catfish almost right away - she
wanted nothing to do with it, though.

Reading clues

Easter #2

Easter Egg Hunt at church - it was such a lovely day!

Myra Peters and Delaney - hopefully, they will be good church friends!

She's getting good at this!

Easter #4

Candy Stealer!

Addi found some eggs way up high!

So did Caiden!

The "Epp" Cousins

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