Family, family

My parents came to visit us last weekend and we took them up to Usery Pass for a really nice walk. Christopher was quite excited to show the huge rock on the Merkle Trail to his grandma & grandpa that he doesn't get to see as often.

This weekend we had the family Easter egg hunt out at Grandma Nell's house. Grandma enjoys putting various artificial animals and flowers in her yard. This week she had a couple of ducks and, for some reason still unknown to us, an alligator. So Uncle Matt and cousin Aaron decided to create a little scene of their own.

Matt's mom & grandma threw me a bone by getting two things for the kids that weren't candy: hula hoops and bubble wands. This picture doesn't look like much, but it actually manages to capture the scene on the front lawn as the kids were running around throwing, rolling, bouncing, and doing all sorts of other activities with the hula hoops.

They also bought a dozen eggs for each child (!!!) to color. Christopher enjoyed this part. His version of it would best be called "speed dyeing." He dipped each egg in a color just long enough to cover the egg in the liquid and then out it came, making room for the next one. He favored the blue a lot because it is the fastest color to take hold and is immediately darker than the others.