Nanie's Easter Eggstravaganza

Well, we are all excited about today's event - it's Nanie's annual Easter Eggstravaganza! We've decided that we would just spend another night in Houston and wake up Sunday morning, meet Matt in Giddings and head to Round Rock for the much anticipated event!

It's a pretty uneventful morning of hustling and bustling to get everything re-packed to head home! I put the kids in the tub as I continue to get things together and decide that I'd better check on them to make sure that they haven't drowned one another. I walk into Grandma's bathroom and what should I see but a bathtub that is just on the verge of overflowing! GOOD GRIEF! Have you any brains? I'm not sure if I'm talking to myself or the kids....we get everyone bathed and dressed and the car packed and I suddenly realize that I was supposed to leave the house at 10:00 - NOT 10:45!! Ah man, we're gonna be late to Nanie's....oh how I dread to call and tell her!

We have a safe and speedy trip to Giddings where we met Matt! Hi Dad, nice to see ya!! We continue West on 290 and by some miracle make it to Nanie's only 15 minutes late! From Houston to Round Rock in 2 1/2 hours - I'll let you do the math! Oh and by the way - we called Nanie to tell her we were running about 45 minutes late and she said "okay, drive safe..." Hey lady? What did you do with my real mother? Just joking, Mom! For the record, my baby brother, Dustin, and his family did show up 45 minutes late - he does have two extra kids so better late than never, right?!!!!

So everyone arrives and we eat a great meal! Brisket, sausage, Mom's baked beans, deviled eggs, potato salad, more baked beans, more deviled eggs....you see where I'm going with this? Needless to say it was a long, stinky ride home! (no names mentioned - but there were 4 of us in the car!!!)

After eating we did our Resurrection Eggs and then the kids got to decorate their Easter eggs. Me, Nanie and Papaw helped decorate while the boys hung out in the living room. It was great having both Mom and Dad there helping and getting to enjoy the Grandkids!

Soon after all the decorating the Easter Bunny showed up and traded each kid a flower for their basket of eggs. He then went and hid all of the eggs in the backyard and the kids had to go find them! It was awesome seeing my kids run around with their cousins hunting eggs! It was even more awesome being with my whole family and their friends and family! Looks like we even snagged my little brother and his family for Easter....me and the kids are going to pick up the older girls, Ryli and Lexi on Thursday - if my kids ask one more time when Thursday will be here I think I'm gonna rip my ears off! My brother and his wife and the two small kids are going to come in on Saturday and do Easter/Easter Bunny with us on Sunday! EXCITING! The club has an Easter egg hunt Friday morning I think I'm going to take them to! SHHHH!

As the saying goes....all good things must come to an end. Nanie gave each Grand kid their Easter basket filled with goodies and Papaw brought a bag of candy for them each to pick from. Thanks, Dad! We said our goodbyes, loaded up and headed home!

Not much planned for Spring Break - I'm working in Houston on Tuesday and Wednesday - we have a play date planned for Thursday morning and then we'll get the girls that evening! Easter at the Arthur's on Sunday for anyone who wants to come out!!