Easter 2011

This was an Easter of Firsts. Our first experiance was our first flashlight Easter egg hunt. Because it is so warm here and light til later, Florida has an Easter egg hunt at night. It is at a baseball complex where there are several baseball fields. They seperate the kids in age groups and you they go out on a specific field and then gather as many eggs as they can when the announcer says go. This made for Bostons first Easter egg hunt. He did a great job at putting the eggs in his basket after Travis showed him how it was done. We met our friends the Rodolicos who have 2 boys.... ages 5 and 4. Addy and the boys were in the same catagory and they all raced to get the eggs. We turned on our flashlights and the kids raced about getting as many eggs as they possibly could. My competitive Addy said at the end "I got the most huh mom?". She had a blast. They have one "Golden Egg" where the person gets a big prize and the rest turn all their eggs in for a bag of candy. It was really well organized, so fun to do a night hunt, and great to have fun friends with us.

This was our first Easter away from our families so we decided to go and do something super fun. We decided to go SEAWORLD!! We had a blast. We spent the day watching all "the shows" because it was stinkin hot and humid. We also walked through a couple of the exhibits. Addy and Boston loved the Shamu Whales, the dolphins, and the Sea Lions. They brought back the Killer Whale that killed a trainer about a year ago, to our shock. The Whale was supposed to come and splash the people with its tail and then go back to the port. However, the Whale spent the last 10 minutes of the show just "showing off" and going around the pool in circles. They made sure to not have any trainers in with the Whale... no telling what it will do.

Easter Sunday the kids woke up to find the Easter Bunny had visited our house. He left candy all over the floor and left the kids Easter baskets. We went to church and Addy got to wear her new Easter dress 

Easter Morning

.After church,the Rodolicos, invited us over for dinner. We had delicious ham, potatoes, and corn that Stacie made. Addy LOVES Jacob their oldest boy and tells me that she has decided she will "marry him". She had so much fun. The Easter bunny left a Easter basket at the Rodolicos also (so sweet). We had an Easter egg hunt in their front yard. Addy, Jacob and Joseph all run their little hearts out finding all the eggs they could. Boston on the other hand, he was just LOVIN being outside and was pleased as peaches to just wander the new terrain.

Ready for church Easter sunday

We are so grateful for wonderful friends who helped make this Easter an unforgettable one. I was worried about how homesick I would be being away from family during a holiday for the first time. The Rodolico Family sure made it easier and made our Easter day a BLAST!!! Hope you all had a wonderful Easter as well. Speaking of blast..... stay tuned for our next post~~~