Easter with family

Yes, I know Easter was weeks ago, but the pictures are just so precious - they need to be shared and enjoyed!
Noah enjoyed receiving a bubble maker in his Easter basket, as well as playing with his second cousins! This was our first Easter without Grandma Epp (or as the great-grandchildren called her - Grandma Betty) and she was missed very much. It was also Levi's first Easter, what a blessing a baby is to remind us of new beginnings at this time of year!


Noah making lots of bubbles! He absolutely loved his bubble maker. So much so, that he insisted on taking it to daycare for two days after Easter. Then, while playing with it and playing with it, he broke it into pieces. :-(


Noah, Addison, Ty, Caiden and Cambry all with their Easter baskets!


It just worked out that we also celebrated some birthdays at our Easter gathering. Here are Ty "Policeman" Schroeder and Caiden "Fireman" Duerksen.


This picture takes some explaining - when we were kids, my sister and I, along with our cousins Megan and Vanessa, would lick the outside of the malt chocolate Robin's eggs and then use the colored candy coating to color our lips - to pretend we were using lipstick. This year, Erica and I both used blue Robin's eggs - thank goodness for silly Easter traditions!