I don't know if Heavenly Father is trying to teach me something by having sick kids for every holiday, but I wish I knew what it was because it's getting old. In the last 4 Easter's last year was the only one that we were able to enjoy the holiday with my family. Aaron and all 3 kids were sick this year so it made for a nice mellow day. We spent the morning enjoying conference and eating cinnamon rolls.
Then after naps since we were missing the Easter egg hunt at my grandma's we decided to do one in our back yard. The boys had a lot of fun and in a way it was nice to have one with just the 3 of them. They aren't very aggresive so this way they didn't have to really fight over the candy. They were funny, after they found a couple they just stopped and watched Gavin and we had to really prod them to keep going and finding more.
Yes, I realize he's still in his pajamas, but that's just what kind of day it was.
Zack
Austin
I didn't know I was going to be making all of dinner so I had to hurry and throw together a menu. We had cauliflower au gratin, beans, and rosemary rolls. We were also supposed to have ham with it, but every recipe I looked at said to cook it between 45 min- 1 1/2 hours. So a little after 4 I thought I should look at the ham and see what it recommends and that's when I found out it was going to take 3 hours for it to cook. Oops! So I hurry and threw it in the oven and it was finally ready at 8 (almost 4 hours later). Oh well, I have 6 pounds of ham chopped up in my freezer now ready for future meals. :) Not like it mattered I was the only one that had an appetite yesterday so none of them ate hardly anything anyways. But they all ate the fresh strawberry ice cream I made for dinner without any problems, priorities!After dinner we finally got around to coloring our Easter eggs. The boys thought it was great! And it was fun for them because they were able to dip them mostly by themselves.
Gavin just wanted to eat the egg. (Pardon the runny nose)
You can't really tell in this picture, but poor Zack has been miserable. His eyes are all swollen and red and his lip and nose were all red.
Austin practicing his smile, isn't that the cutest face!We hope you all had a wonderful Easter! Even though we had to stay home we had a nice day as a family and we are so grateful for the gift that Christ has given us.
8 comments:
Sickness is the worst. Small backyard egg hunts are the best. I hope everyone gets feeling better!
Sorry to hear you all were sick, that stinks! The egg hunt looked like fun
Wow, I am impressed with a house full of sick kids you still made a wonderful dinner, homemade ice cream, and did all the Easter activities. What a good mom you are! Hope everyone gets better soon.
thank you for your informative comment, I had no idea. and I am not offended at all
Missed you all at the hunt, but looks like yours went well. Hope everyone is on the mend!
Sorry about the sick kiddos. That's no fun on such a kid-oriented holiday! It looks like you were still able to fit in some fun things!
I am sorry that you guys are always sick on events! I am glad you guys are feeling better! take care!
We watched you do your Egg Hunt out our window! Aren't you glad you live next door to stalkers? :) Actually, it was more like, "Oh, it looks like the Nelson's are doing an egg hunt with their kids." Everyone looked, then went back to their usual whatever. (So, Don't Worry!)
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