Easter

This year Katherine took more of an active part in Easter compared to last year.
Luckily the weather turned out to be great most of the weekend and we were able to spend a lot of time outside walking, going to the park and playground and enjoying the sun.

We are lucky that our neighborhood has a very active and fun loving HOA, which always puts on great events for residents, big and small. Apparently every year they hold an Easter egg hunt for kids of all ages. There is always a petting zoo, face painting, balloon artist, old fashioned choo choo rides, a cover band playing etc.... Fun!

So on Saturday morning we headed to the Clubhouse for some fun. We met there with a few of our neighbors who also have kids the same age as Katherine and went around to see all the different things that were going on.
Katherine participated in the 1-3 year olds' egg hunt and did awesome! She was marching all around the grass like a pro (holding on to our fingers that is, as she doesn't walk on her own yet) and picking up what she could get her little paws on. The only thing we messed up on was we did not get her a little basket for the eggs... Note to self for next year: Must purchase a basket for the girl.
At one point we threw one of her eggs back on the grass because we wanted to snap a few pictures of her picking it up and another kid swooped in and snatched it from right in front of her!!! Oh my! I was so mad! I was ready to tackle that brat to the ground!
Anyways, after all the kids were done, they had an egg hunt for adults, which I participated in, and I won us a free Bud Light! Haha...
After the egg hunt we headed home and Katherine had a nice long nap.
Here are some photos...
Walking to the Clubhouse.... Pretty pretty trees all in bloom!

 Easter Bunny. She wasn't so sure about him at first but then she decided to smile.

 Family.

 Entire field covered in eggs.

 And the kiddos getting ready to start running.

 Katherine saying "what what, wha's going on??"

 And off they go!

 Yay I got some eggs!

On Sunday we started the day early with a Mass. We headed to church 30 minutes earlier than we normally do and even then we came first of all to a completely full parking lot (full as in the police blocked all entries since there were no more spots! And we had to park in a neighboring subdivision) and two - to a church so packed that we barely had a spot to sit! Incredible!

In the afternoon we headed to CJ's Aunt and Uncle's for an early Easter dinner of delicious Easter ham, mashed potatoes and grilled asparagus, and we spent the rest of the day hanging out there. It was really chill and fun!
Here is Katherine hanging out with her Godmother Janice and her Great Nana.

And here is a little family portrait we took on the front doorstep on Easter afternoon.