Easter Weekend 2019

Another Easter weekend has come and gone and it was full of lots of egg hunts, family time, food and fun!

We started our weekend out Saturday morning by attending the Gonzaga Prep Easter Egg Dash. They fill the football field with hundreds of eggs and the kids go crazy! The whole thing lasts about 5 minutes, but it's tons of fun.

That evening, we had Nana and Papa over for Easter Egg dying and dinner. Lincoln went to town dying his Easter Eggs and decorating them and then we used the eggs the next day for Deviled Eggs for our Easter Brunch. We rounded out the evening by busting out the BBQ for the first time this season, grilling burgers and fried and cocktails for all.

Sunday morning the Easter Bunny made a visit! The boys tore into their baskets, we headed outside for a backyard hunt and then it was off to mass. After Mass, the Cathedral did another Easter Egg hunt so w were filled to the brim with candy filled eggs. Finn just tried to figure it out and Lincoln went crazy gathering as many eggs as he could.

After mass and the egg hunt, we headed back home for brunch. We underestimated the amount of time that it would take to cook a few dishes so brunch was delayed till almost 1:30, but we filled our morning with mimosas, deviled eggs and Easter candy while we waited for the ham and potatoes to cook.

Once our bellies were full, we spent some time outside playing in the backyard, before heading in for naps. It was a fun and full weekend!

Easter Weekend Recap || 2018

Happy Monday! I hope everyone's Easter weekend was wonderful! We celebrated all weekend long, including attending three Easter Egg hunts for the little ones.

Saturday kicked off with cinnamon rolls and the G Prep Easter Egg Dash. It lasted all of about 5 minutes but Lincoln had a blast racing around with all of the other kiddos picking up Easter eggs off of the football field. That afternoon, Kevin took the boys to the park and my little brother came over and helped me prep some food for Easter Sunday brunch!

The Easter bunny stopped by our house Saturday evening and come Sunday morning when the boys woke up, they excitedly tore into their Easter baskets. Easter baskets were quickly followed by a backyard Easter egg hunt. That tricky bunny left eggs all over our backyard!

Afterwards, we all got ready to head to mass with my family before heading over to my parents for Easter brunch. Mass was a little long, but the kiddos were rewarded by yet ANOTHER Easter egg hunt. Once the kiddos collected their eggs we headed over to Nana and Papa's to get ready for a family brunch. We filled out belly's with quiche, hasselback potatoes au gratin, mimosas, ham and pastries and then fell asleep watching movies before heading home for an early evening.

Kevin's wrapping up Spring Break just as everyone is heading into Spring Break so we rounded out our evening with a low key evening at home.

Happy Easter everyone!

Stumptown Birthday Weekend

This weekend Kevin and I headed to Portland for a kid free birthday celebration. Kevin turns the big 3-5 on Tuesday and for his present this year, we headed back to Portland so he could celebrate with friends!

We started out the weekend with dinner at Bridgeport Brewing in the Pearl. Twelve of us in all met up to toast the birthday boy and have dinner. Afterwards we headed over to Pips and Bounce, a super fun bar outfitted with a ton of ping pong tables. We spent the evening playing, enjoying each other's company and possibly enjoying one to many shots of tequila.

The next day, I was hurting pretty badly, so Kevin met up with his friend Matt, while I napped and tried to feel like a human being again. I met up with the boys and some more of our friends later in the day for dinner and drinks. We hung out for a bit before heading back to our hotel for a much earlier evening.

Sunday we woke up, headed to one of our favorite old brunch spots and spent the afternoon walking through Portland before jumping on the max and heading home to our favorite two year old who was spoiled all weekend by his nana and papa.

The Easter Bunny visited a day late (better late than never!) since we booked the weekend away before realizing it was Easter weekend.

Easter Eggs and a Backyard Hunt

Happy Monday! Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend.

Kevin and I are out of town on Easter weekend (I accidentally booked us a weekend away for Kevin's birthday without checking when Easter was #momfail) so we planned some fun Easter activities for Lincoln for the weekend.

We started out Sunday morning and decorated Easter eggs. Lincoln had so much fun dipping the eggs into each of the colors and putting stickers on each and every single one. None of the eggs were broken (only a few ended up cracked) and there were lots of died green fingers by the end of it.

Afterwards, we headed outside so Lincoln could search for eggs left by the Easter bunny! Since he's not quite old enough to realize Easter isn't until next weekend, we made a big deal about telling him the eggs came from the bunny this weekend. He was super excited each time he found a new egg filled with treats and would yell out "Nanny" (candy) each and every time.

The rest of the day was spent playing in the park and baking banana bread and getting ready for the return to work and school for the week!

Weekend Recap: Easter Addition

Happy Monday! This weekend was a busy one.

We started off with PE for Tots at our local gymnastics studio for the little one. L loved it! It was 50 minutes of pure joy. He got to run on a trampoline, balance on a balance beam and do a variety of obstacle courses. We're still learning how to follow the leader/directions, but I can tell he enjoyed it. That's great news for us as we have him signed up for the next 3 months of classes!

Easter Sunday was spent celebrating with family and we had a busy morning! So much so, that I was still cooking and in my pajamas when it was time to leave for mass with the family. I had to miss out so I could finish getting ready, and while I'm bummed about that, I was so excited to see Easter through L's eyes.

The Easter bunny arrived bright and early and left baskets for everyone along with eggs scattered throughout our yard. After collecting eggs and opening baskets, little man and husband went off to mass with the family while I finished cooking Smitten Kitchen's Ham, Cheese and Leek Egg Bake (it was so good!) Afterwards husband picked me up and we headed off for a yummy brunch with the rest of the fam!

That night, Kevin and I had a date night planned and we headed downtown for some drinks and a concert at The Knitting Factory. While the headliner was Greensky Bluegrass, we actually went to see the Shook Twins. They were so good! We watched them open and then headed over to the Davenport for a nightcap!

Overall it was a great weekend. Hope everyone has a good week!

Friday Faves: Easter Prep Addition

TGIF! I'm bringing back my friday faves with the ultimate friday favorite!

This past Wednesday, the whole fam bam got together to dye easter eggs and decorate cookies. I'm calling this a "tradition" now because we've done it two years in a row! Here's last year's post about it! 

This year everyone got to join in the fun. We set up an Easter Dying station and as soon as those were done, we swapped out for the cookie decorating. I got the most adorable Easter sprinkle kit from William Sonoma and used the same Target cookie cutters I bought last year. I couldn't find the same ones but these little Target bunny cookie cutters are pretty adorable!

I also made little party favors for everyone using a kit from Target and attaching the decorated bunnies to chocolate easter eggs a la costco.

It was a fun night!