Happy Easter!

Saya found an orange egg and carried it around with her for a long time.

Alyson was proud to have found many eggs and was showing me how many she put in her bag.

Sean was leading the search and Alyson followed him around.  She was a little frustrated that Sean found more eggs.

Grace decided to join the fun but she would rather find an Easter bunny instead.

It's all about smiles from the kids when we are outdoors.

They built a new look out deck overlooking the tiny fall we have in the trail a few years ago.  It still looks new and nice.

Every Easter, we hunt for eggs in our yard in the morning.  I had Mike hide 15 eggs in the front yard while the kids ate breakfast.  Sean, remembering from last year, was very excited to collect eggs and Alyson was just as excited seeing her big brother's enthusiasm.  It was Saya's first time participating as she was still a baby last year.  Now, she is a boots-wearing, fast-walking little girl who noisily bursted out to the front yard as soon as we opened the garage door!  Noah was very excited as well, but had one thing on his mind... to get to Teagan's front yard across the street, which he thinks is a secret garden with golden shimmering light.  He got sent back inside the house since we couldn't keep up with making sure all kids stay in our property (which he wasn't happy at all).  

Sean was very serious about finding the eggs.  He found the most number of eggs and was running around making sure he collected all of them.  Alyson followed Sean around and picked up what he missed.  It was a drizzly day unfortunately, but we all had our rain boots on and covered out head with rain jackets.  Saya found one egg and stood there for a while surveying the surroundings and watching her brother and sister.  She was content with finding one egg and clutched onto it remainder of the time. 

After the egg hunt, we all went for a walk in "the jungle" down the street.  Anywhere indoor is closed for the Holiday, so it was our best bet since the thick woods keep the trail mostly dry.  The kids had a lot of fun.  The nature is very calming to all of us and we always enjoy outings in the woods and mountains.  Saya did fall and ate dirt since she fell on her face, but she stood up, chewed some dirt, spit it out and moved on.  She is a very tough little girl!  Noah wanted to go off trailing but he could not get very far. 

It was a very wet and gray Easter, but we had a lot of fun.  We will try coloring the real eggs next year.  I have to learn all these American traditions since I am not that familiar with them.