ASHLEY AND NIEL BROUGHT OVER THEIR KIDS last weekend for an Easter Egg hunt. This means we got to hide the eggs and watch three children scramble in chaos to get to them first. We fully expect to keep finding eggs  in the near future that weren’t discovered by their stubby little hands. Last year, it was the egg in the tree that mom and dad found six months later (mom, what was even in that thing?!).  This year, it was the egg I hid in the cat food bowl. We like to think of it as little surprises for ourselves. I just hope that the ones we find later on are the ones Ashley the Easter Bunny filled with dollar bills.

Meet the Contestants:

Aspen

I loved watching Aspen find her first egg…and it got even better when she figured out that if you squeeze really really hard, candy pops out.

Abby

All I want for Christmas is for her to KEEP missing her two front teeth. They’re adorable.

This is by far my favorite picture of Abby. Look how happy and proud she is of her clutch. And look at Aspen in the background, checking out her butt! Just teasing, that’s her way of saying “Dude,  I got your back, just in case Jake comes to shove you down for that egg”.

Jake

I think someone is going to be a major heart breaker later on in life.

Let the games begin!

No. They are not fighting over a pole. They are competing for the egg sitting on the top, but neither could climb it. So I lifted them up, and the egg was stuck. Epic fail.

Speaking of Epic Fail…Um…This is only one out of the five times that this happened. Eventually Ashley told Jake to play nice and he left to find other eggs, which meant Abby scored big time on the loot he overlooked.

Diggin the grass stains on Jake’s knee. It got pretty vicious.

And finally, the coordinators of this olympic event, my Momma and big/best sister Ashley.

PS: Mom wants me to tell everyone that her coat looks like a marshmallow.

I think it’s rather cute.

Machelle told her that its a marshmallow coat and now she won’t wear it as much, which is still better than the time I told her a necklace she bought looked like a witch necklace and she won’t wear it at all.

Mom, wear the necklace. It’s beautiful.

PPS: Ash, I stole the smarties as payment for the pictures, and they were delicious. Just thought I’d let you know.