Gingerbread Hay Ride

Port had a field trip this week was a Hay Ride.  He had a great time and is constantly saying, "YEE-HAW!"  

Happy 50th Lolli!

Happy Birthday Mom!

In case you haven't noticed, life has been CrAzY the last few weeks!  April 12th was Easter, Brian's birthday and my Mom's 50th birthday!  We have been planning a surprise trip to Disney World for my mom's birthday.  On Sunday night we gave her the present through a scavenger hunt.  My brother was AMAZING and created the most amazing clues, I am always impressed by his creativity! It was probably the one of the greatest thing watching my mom and kids figure out that we were actually going to go to Disney World.  Mickey Mouse here we come!!!

Wright Family Easter

hunting eggs in the rain

Hanna, Lilly, Port, & Haynes

Poppy and Ella

Ella and Eli

We always go to our family "farm" for Easter...ALWAYS!  This is the first year we had to cancel because of the rain, so we met at my mom's house.  My boys love playing with Hanna and Lilly (my cousin Tommy's girls) and I have to admit they do a great job entertaining the boys too!  We hunted easter eggs in the rain and the guys watched the Masters.  We always enjoy our time with family and friends, hopefully next year we will be back at the farm!

Greek Cluster Easter Service

CrAzy KiDS!

Millie and Ella

Easter Sunday we combined the two Greek clusters from our church.  We love it when we get a chance to worship with some of our closest friends and the boys love having some extra kids around.  Kerri, Catherine (one of our students), and I watched the kids this week.  We went through the story of the Last Supper with the kids.  We got to wash each of the kids feet and pray for them, and they quickly joined in with us and washed our feet.  It was a really sweet!  I know that everyone enjoyed our combined service, but it was definitely something I will not ever forget.  

Easter Baskets

Boys with their baskets

Ella's first Easter

My mom has created a love for family traditions in me, so much that Brian is often asking is this a holiday that we do gifts?  To this day, my mom still makes an Easter basket for me...and I love it!  We forgot to tell the boys about Easter baskets until we were taking them to bed Saturday night which lead to lots of questions.  Port asked if everyone (Daddy, Braxton, Sutton, Haynes, Ella, etc) would get a basket.  As I left the room he asked if I would get one, and I told him that I wasn't sure. (Brian and I hadn't really talked about this part of Easter)  On Sunday morning, after we celebrated Brian's birthday and then everyone opened Easter baskets, Port came over and hugged me and said, "the bunny must have dropped yours mom, sorry!" 

I want to clarify that I tell this story not to  take a shot at Brian but for two reasons.  First, I know my family is extravagant...nuts! (as some have said:-)   Second, if you question how observant a three year old is...beware!  I am blessed abundantly by my sweet husband with or without a basket!

Liddell Easter Egg Hunt

On your mark....

My sweet family

Brian's family used to have an annual Easter Egg hunt for all the kids in their neighborhood.  They would always talk about how much fun it was, so last year we decided that our kids were the perfect age to bring it back.  The Saturday before Easter we all meet in Nancy and Danny's backyard and hunt about 2500 eggs!  It is so much fun getting together with all our friends and family, and praise Jesus for beautiful weather!

I don't have many pictures because when I turned my camera on to take pictures the battery died...oops!  Then after it was over Port said, "Mom you should have come, we had a great time!"  Hopefully I can get some of Grandad and Lolli's pictures!

Easter Eggs

Port with his winning egg

Haynes drop dying his eggs

My favorite boys

We always do Easter eggs on Saturday night before Easter.  I laughed the entire time!  Brian made dye with Apple Cider Vinegar and White Wine Vinegar because he couldn't find the other.  Then trying to teach Haynes to be gentle with the eggs is one challenge, but keeping the eggs in one color was a completely different challenge.  Finally we gave in and made a huge mess, it was great!!!  (Notice dying eggs without clothes was necessary)  We told Port he won the competition because he had the only solid egg at the end of the night, maybe we'll do better next year.  We made a memory...right Mom?!?