Easter Party at Grandma's and Easter Sunday

Every year on the Saturday before Easter Grandma Walker has an Easter party at her house. All of the Zobrist relatives are invited and they swim, have a bbq, dye Easter eggs, and have an Easter egg. We have always heard about these parties, but this year we got to go to it. April 7th was a very fun day.

The kids were super excited to go swimming and play all day long. It was definitely a hit! The Easter egg hunt also proved to be profitable as well. Not only to did Reed and Eve come away with lots of candy and treats in their eggs, they each found eggs with money in it as well!

The tradition is that each Grandma (Grandma Walker and Grandma Milford) puts $ in some eggs (I think it totals $10 for each Grandma, but I am not positive) divided how they want and adds those eggs to the pot of eggs to be hidden for the hunt. Each child (meaning me/Tyson) brings 6 eggs for each of our children that will be hunting for eggs (5 small and 1 big). We can fill it with whatever we want. So, there are tons of plastic and real (hard-boiled) eggs that the kids get to find. Eve ended up finding $5 (all in $1s) and Reed found $3. They were definitely more interested in the candy, but did get excited that they got "moneys" in some eggs as well.

The kids loved it all - the swimming, dyeing the eggs, hunting for the eggs, eating, and playing with cousins. What a fun tradition. :) (I only ended up taking pictures of the pool part of the party. Ah well - it really was a good time)

Easter morning was a bit of a rush since we have church at 9 am, but I was sure to dress the kids in their matching Easter attire made by Grandma Walker. They were adorable :)

Their Easter outfits. So cute :) 

Then, the kids found their Easter baskets which daddy had hidden around the house. They got candy-filled eggs (don't think I will do that next year - we just ended up having so much candy!) and a book. They had a lot of fun looking for their baskets and Tyson and I looked for our baskets, too!

Eve searching....

Aria found her basket super fast! 

"Look! Eggs!"

Reed showing off his eggs and book. 

After they found it, we talked to them about what Easter was really about - the resurrection of Jesus Christ. We also talked about how because Jesus was resurrected, we will all be resurrected and can return to live with Heavenly Father, if we do the best we can do. I am grateful for the resurrection and have a testimony that we can return to live with Heavenly Father again. 


We also went to Grandma and Grandpa Walker's house for Easter dinner and had a fun time visiting with cousins, aunts, and uncles. What a great time to be around so much family!