Happy Easter!

We had a wonderful Easter with both our girls! The girls were so precious in their matching dresses. We weren't going to get new Easter clothes this year, but Granny surprised us and I was able to go shopping and find dresses for the girls to match! That is one of my most favorite things about having two girls - I love for them to match! I think probably more than Kendall does...ha!
Sunday morning before we met Randy at church, I got all three of us ready and was able to take a few pictures before we loaded up!

This is one of my favorites - I love the two of them looking at each other! (And I have no idea what is going on with the formatting of this post! Sorry!)

Precious girl! I kept sitting her up on the blanket and she kept getting down and crawling towards me. I think she looks so pretty in blue!

Big sister! She is just looking so old and getting so big!

We decided this year to host dinner with the Sanders and the Mitterlings and Amy - all our friends that didn't have family in town. We planned it for dinner time, so that after church everyone could take the kids home for nap and then they all came over around 5:30. I loved it! It was so nice to have a slow afternoon and then the kids were rested for dinner and the egg hunt! After we ate, the dads went out to hide the eggs and we got the kids ready to hunt. Cooper slept through dinner and the hunt! Here, Holly had gathered all the kids up and was giving them a pep talk about getting the eggs! So funny! They were locked on and so serious about it!

She told them to show their muscles!

Then they did some stretching! :)

And then finally, one last picture before we set them free! Kendall, Caleb, Sarah, Ethan, and Ella. Best friends!

And they're off! They had so much fun hunting in the backyard!

(Sorry you missed out on all this fun, Coop! It sure was nice that you were sleeping, though! Next year!)

Another group picture with their eggs!

Here's a picture of all the girls! Mary, Amy, me, and Holly.

The Sanders

The Mitterlings

And us! Cooper woke up just in time for a family picture.

We missed being able to see our family on Easter, but we had a great day hanging out with sweet friends and starting new traditions. Happy Easter!!

Easter Presents!

Cooper and Kendall were so excited to get lots of mail this Easter season! Thank you Pops and Kiki, Granny and Papas, and Gigi and Peeps for all the fun cards and presents!

This bunny waves its arms and hops along to the song "Here Comes Peter Cottontail!"

Disney Princess CD - Kendall loves it! It has all the princess songs on it from all the movies. She has listened to it every night before bed and at nap.

Bubbles and a chick that lays bubblegum eggs!

Bunny mask! Kendall didn't want to put it on so I showed her what it looked like. :)

On Easter we didn't do the girls' baskets outside their doors in the morning, because when they woke up Randy was already at church. Instead, the Easter bunny came while we were eating lunch and then they got to go see what was inside their baskets! Kendall got some candy and the movie Tangled! She has been asking and asking for it and was so excited to get it! (Sorry for the naked pictures - I took their dresses off to eat because I didn't want them to get dirty!)

And Cooper got some puffs and a mirror for the car! I think she was excited.

This girl loves Puffs!

Easter Eve

Saturday night we planned to go to dinner with the Sanders and then head back to their house to dye our Easter eggs. Before dinner, some church members who live on several acres and have animals invited us out to see their week old calves and two week old baby goat! Kendall said she was excited to do this, so we went. When we got there, she changed her mind and would not go anywhere near the animals. Ella did, though - she loved that goat!

Randy took a picture to show how far away Kendall stayed. She wouldn't even stand on the other side of the fence!
Cooper, on the other hand, enjoyed getting to see the goat. Holly kept trying to get it to kiss Cooper, and she didn't seem to mind at all!

Kendall finally asked if the goat could come out of the fenced-in area so she could see it - I guess on her turf! She still would't get too close!! Sweet girl: look at those hands. She just kept wringing them around or sticking her fingers in her mouth. So nervous!






After we left we went to eat dinner and then got back to their house to dye eggs. I brought mine and Kendall's aprons we got last year, but when I put mine on she decided she didn't want to join me! Ethan was a good sport, though, and said he wanted to wear Kendall's. Ella went and got her Dora apron and we took a picture. :)

Patiently waiting to dye eggs!

Cooper was a happy girl, of course! This may have been right before she pulled a whole cup of pink dye down on both of our laps! Oops!

Finished products! The kids got disinterested real quick, so mostly it was just Randy, Holly, Aaron and me dying eggs. We had fun!

We had a fun "Easter Eve!" More pictures soon of our Easter!

Easter Party!

Thursday was Kendall's Easter party and egg hunt at school. Don't think that she was dressed up just for her party...this is everyday at the Dane house. Kendall will ONLY wear dresses lately. Such a girly girl - I love it! :)

I was able to go up to the school for the party and hunt. Kendall and Jillian posed for a picture together. They are so sweet! They are just two months apart in age and their younger sisters are just two weeks apart!
The three amigos - Conner, Jillian and Kendall. They have been best buds since they started going to school together last year!

Lining up to hunt eggs! I loved this - they all had to grab an animal to get in line!

So excited!

The eggs were hid on the playground. The hunt was over pretty quick!

Before they went in they played a little. Kendall loves this tricycle thing.

We had a fun time! It was a great start to a fun Easter weekend!