Easter Sunday

It started out as a beautiful sunny day. Patrick hid hard boiled eggs in the living room before he went to work. Connor woke up before Laura and had already found two eggs before I was able to convince him that we should wake Laura up before he found any more. Laura LOVED her Easter basket and carried it around all morning. I think she ate more candy today than the rest of the family put together. We went to Mass with Mike at 10am. Connor was very interested in the baptismal font. At St. Mary Magdalen, the font is the size of a hot tub and has a sort of fountain on the side so you hear running water all the time. It was right up in the sanctuary in front of the alter. After Mass we came home and took naps! Connor and Laura played outside in the afternoon and Jeani came over to help me get ready for dinner. As the afternoon wore on, it got more and more overcast and by the time Patrick got home from work, it was threatening to rain. He hid plastic eggs in the back yard as soon as he got home. We had to have the egg hunt before anyone arrived because it started to pour down rain! Connor and Laura didn't seem to mind and found all the eggs despite the rain. Mike and Jeani, Ryan and Cari and Josh came over for dinner. We had planned to BBQ steaks hoping for nice weather. I had set a nice table in the kitchen with all the food and everyone helped themselves, buffet style. Since there wasn't enough room for everyone to sit down inside (we only have 4 chairs), Mike rigged up a cover for the picnic table and we all ate outside in the rain. It wasn't exactly what I had in mind but it was nice to have everyone over.