We have many fun family traditions that we will post about on this blog. This first "tradition post" is about what we love to do on Easter! Along with decorating our eggs, hiding our baskets, and reading about the Resurrection, each Easter we like to take a trip out to this big community event called Baby Animal Days. There is horse back riding, hay rides, caramel kettle corn, crafts, touching of giant snakes and turtles, treasure hunts, cannons of candy being blown up into the sky, and our favorite part... petting all of the baby animals. My (Robin's) parents came up for the weekend with my sisters and we had a blast. We had to pry our daughter away from the baby bunnies, pigs, chickens, ducks, lambs, and goats so that the other little kids could have a turn. She loved every minute of it. When we left my littlest sister exclaimed, "This is a HAPPY DAY!" ha ha ha. When we got home my dad made homemade strawberry ice cream and we had a delicious dinner together. We are always sad to see them go.
On Easter we had an Easter egg hunt with all of Matt's family after church. This year they gave each grandchild a color of egg they were assigned to find so that each child would have the chance to find their own eggs. Our daughter grabbed her basket and searched high and low - she really got the hang of it this year. She did take a couple breaks to jump on the tramp (with her basket- candy flying!). We then headed inside and had a delicious dinner. Afterward we took a wagon ride up to the park to play. It was a very enjoyable Easter! We love our family and we are SO glad they live nearby! Happy Easter~!
