An Easter Break

Well I am taking a break from our trip photos to bring you Easter photos.

Egg Dying-

We started the Easter weekend dying eggs at our friend Clare's place

Sam is working VERY hard on his egg...pic to come
Me and my friend Clare...making typical Clare faces

the egg dying set up...they found neon food coloring which made super bright eggs!

Sam now showing off his egg pre-dye

and after the dye...quite impressive I know! Sam LOVES crayons (as many of you know based on the vast amount of homemade crayon cards I have received)

here are a few of my eggs and a few others

Easter Morning-

Many people get up early for Easter sunrise services...in fact last year we did as well...but this year we were up at the crack of dawn to watch...a cycling race!

Sam's favorite two races of the year are back to back Sundays in April. The first is the Tour of Flanders also known as the Ronde van Vlaanderen which he and Jack were up for at the crack of dawn last Sunday drinking Belgian beer and eating fries with mayo...mmmm. This week I gave up on trying to sleep and joined them for Paris-Roubaix. He loves these races for so many reasons but most of all it comes down to the fact that there are really only 8-10 guys in the world that have the skill set to win either of them, and they ride on cobblestones.

He bought the cycling tv package that we just hook up to our tv from the computer.

Going along with the beverage/food themes Jack brough some French red beans and rice

and we made some chocolate croissants and espresso

The race was very very close until a crash at the end that allowed one of Sam's favorites to run away with it. This is Tom Boonen winning his 3rd Paris-Roubaix. (Many of you will remember a beta we once had by this name...he has now been replaced by Bruce Lee)

Easter Day-

We had some friends come over for brunch...Isaac Cornell was celebrating his first Easter with all of us.

He didn't sleep much at all the night before so we teased Bri all day about what an easy baby he is since he was so worn out during the day...we really should have let her take a nap when he did!

and one more...he's such a cutie!

If you are a faithful blog follower you will remember that at Bri and Joel's baby shower we lost the guys after the pinata to a new game they created with the bouncy balls from inside the pinata. They have so aptly named the game...Bouncy Balls. The drizzle on Sunday did not phase them as they played this game for about 3 1/2 hours! There is still a TON of mud outside in our courtyard to prove it.

Joel apparently has quite the technique as he never lost the entire time...no matter who he was with!

They were a little wet and a LOT covered in grass and mud by the time they were done.

While the guys were outside we hid eggs all over the house for them to find. We knew they would not be too motivated by finding eggs with candy in them...so we motivated them by making it a competition between all 4 of them. They all took off before we even stopped talking...some of them already with hands full of eggs.

Ben checking the plant

we hid one egg in a bra on the drying rack to see who would go for it...Ben...no problem!

Joel and Josh running through the baby room

Sam trying to beat Joel to a few more in the baby room (more actual baby room photos will eventually be posted on the blog...it is still a work in progress)

and back to the kitchen they all went...Ben "wait are there still more upstairs?!"

Sam with his final stash of eggs

Josh with his

and since we didn't really make it into many photos (me, Crystal with Isaac, Bri and Catherine)

and the boys (Ben, Joel, Sam and Josh)