Hippity- Hoppity Easter Weekend

Happy Easter to all our friends and families! We hope that everyone was able to attend a church service this morning to celebrate that Jesus is risen and alive!!! I am thankful to worship freely when so many Christians across the world are persecuted. I'm also grateful for our church family and that my mom and grandparents were able to visit our church and be with us this morning!

Ryan and I have had a joyful weekend that included an all day trip to visit his family, starting with his sister's baby shower....

Me at 20 weeks (halfway there!) and Amanda at 33 weeks

I have been waiting for months to take this picture. Even though Amanda and I have many fun pictures together in our non pregnancy body days, I was looking forward to getting to take one together when we were both obviously pregnant. It has been awesome to share being pregnant with Amanda and I love that we both have our baby bumps together. Maybe one day Mallory and Eva will see this picture and smile knowing they were both there together.

Amanda's shower was filled with cute pink little girl things. I think she would agree that she was blessed with many great gifts and surrounded by so many people who love her and can't wait to meet Mallory!
My other sister in-law Melody did a great job with the food and cake. The cake actually matched Mallory's baby bedding. AND it tasted GOOD. So good that I decided to take some home and eat a few bites for breakfast today... I just wanted to keep celebrating :)
After the shower we went to Ryan's parents for more Bradley fun time. One of his aunt's brought a tray of Chick-fil-a chicken nuggets with dipping sauce and I believe that should become a new Easter tradition. Much better than ham, who are we kidding?
The little kids got to do an egg hunt. How many eggs can fit in one basket? I don't think Kayden and Kiersi will run out of candy anytime soon!
After the kid egg hunt, the "big kids" also had a hunt. Ryan's mom and aunts hid eggs that had secret code pieces of paper in them. Cindy, Ryan's mom, was smart and decided not to actually hide money in the eggs so that if they didn't get found, she didn't just lose money in the yard somewhere. I don't think I had a fair advantage, being pregnant and in wedges, racing against shorts and tennis shoes, but I still found 3 eggs. I also found a mean wasp attached to one of them! Thankfully I freaked out, screamed loudly and the wasp flew away without stinging me. Yikes! This is a picture of all the big kids holding up the money and other prizes that we won in our eggs.

Today we went to our church and then had lunch with my parents and grandparents. No pictures from that, just good memories. My mom even got an Easter basket with baby things for Eva. A girl can never start building her wardrobe too early! Thanks, Mamy! Happy Easter!