Easter Tradition

On Saturday, keeping with tradition,

Mom hosted her annual Easter egg-dying party.

We had lunch together, dyed 4 dozen eggs,

and then the kids had an egg hunt in her backyard.

My kids look forward to this every year - 

even the girls who you would think have out grown it!

These 2 hid the eggs full of candy outside...

while everyone else was busy inside!

They concocted a complicated "point" system -

solid colored = 5 pts

happy faced = 10 pts

small pink foil egg = 100 pts

But, in the end, the kids just wanted the candy!!

We went home with 18 beautiful eggs -

from ombre to spotted with stickers!

I took NO pictures of Easter morning 

or Easter dinner,

but the kids looked great - boys both in their suits -

and the food was delicious.

Hannah and I tried a new carrot cake recipe from Our Best Bites

and Martha Stewart's Cheesy Scalloped Potatoes

and her Asparagus W/Dijon Cream Sauce.

All were keepers!

We had my parents, Scott & Leslie & kids,

and Rudi & Andrea for dinner.

After dinner we played "Big Booty"

and "Murder" -

SOOOOOOOO appropriate for Easter, don't ya think???