Friday evening was spent with kids running around like crazy. Playing kickball. And just having fun. The grown ups spent the evening around the campfire. Nothing like all the fun of camping but all the comforts of sleeping and peeing inside a house LOL Kinleigh Kai and I pooped out earlier then everyone else. Those two needed to go to bed so around midnight we crashed while everyone else hung out til around 2am.
Sat morning we were up and about around 9ish. Joel put coffee on and made yummy egg breakfast burritos and french toast. He's been eating eggs for weeks to save the egg shells for the egg hunt. The thought of this was really confusing to me but it ended up being super cool :) So after breakfast was cleaned up we got out the shells and set the kids up in the kitchen to color the shells. I was sure they'd end up smashed in tiny pieces but was pleasantly surprised to find the kids did great with this! While the shells dried the kids headed back out for more "camping" fun outside and Lupe and I went to a couple yard sales. Found some great deals on blankets/backgrounds for newborn pics.
I had purchased some of these confetti eggs at Walmart and couldn't understand why you'd go to all the effort Joel was going to when I got a dozen for 1.97 LOL I soon found out why Walmart eggs suck and the homemade eggs are so fun! Joel, Lupe and Grandpa went to work filling eggs with rice, sugar, paper, coins and dollar bills. Then a $20 bill was stuck in one egg. How convenient that there was only one pink egg, so that became the "golden" egg. To seal the ends up after they are stuffed you just wet some toilet paper, mold it around the egg and let it dry.
While the guys were hiding the eggs for the egg hunt all the older kids went on a bike ride with Gma and Gpa. I passed Kinleigh off to Steven and went for some quality time with Kai cause he was left out of the bike ride. We hung out throwing rocks in the river, and then he agreed that he'd pose for pics while I played with my camera if I'd go on a walk with him wherever he wanted to walk to LOL Sounded like a plan to me! we walked along the river into town. It's a super short walk. I believe that's the first time I've personally walked it. Everyone else has but me. When we hit the road we spotted a large group of people on bikes. Found Gma Gpa and all the kids! Lupe told me there was a yard sale not far away that we hadn't hit earlier so we all headed over to kill some more time. Ended up finding an antique buggy thing, Kai got some cars.. I think everyone got a little something or other. They were giving stuff up for super cheap so we couldn't pass it up. Worked perfect cause Kai pushed my buggy back while everyone was on their bikes. I think he felt important with that task :)
We got back to Joel's and it was time to hunt! Kai got a 3min head start. Thank goodness cause he was real slow at this hunting stuff! What is different about these eggs then the eggs I've grown up hunting? When you find them you smash them over someone else's head to reveal what's inside! People are covered in confetti, and sugar, and rice, and paper and kids are screaming I found a dollar!!!!!! Chaos but so fun! We also threw candy bars out and about so they found candy with their eggs. Kinleigh thought this was ok and although timid and quiet she was participating.... Until Lupe showed her how to smash an egg on Grandpa's egg. When that happened Kinleigh developed a fear for the Easter Eggs! LOL Kaeden ended up smashing the $20 dollar egg and then ran off without seeing the money! Kai found the money!! They are going to split it :) What great brothers they are.
That evening we bbq'd some burgers and Joel grilled some amazing meat over the fire. It was much chillier Sat night then it had been Fri night. Kinleigh crashed on Steven's lap around 10 so not long after I took her in the house to lay in bed and check out my pics of our fun filled day. She was sacked out big time! Kids were up well past midnight or 1am once again............
Sunday morning we were spoiled with a great pancake breakfast... We did some clean up and packed up the van and headed out at a decent time! On the way home we stopped at Snoqualmie to look at the trains. We've wanted to do this for a long time and I'm glad we did. It was dreary and drizzling but not miserable. Had some taco bell for late lunch/dinner in Ellensburg and then surprised the kids and pulled off just past Vantage at the Wild Horse Monument. Put dogs on leashes and Kinleigh in the backpack and headed up to see the horses up close and personal that we have driven past so many times. I must say I expected the hike to be easy after hiking Beezley hill and Lake Lenore Caves... Ummm nope! not so much! won't be doing that again! The hike is steep which is not a big deal. The problem is the ground is so loose and slippery! I was so sure I was going to fall on my face and drop the baby or hurt my camera! we all made it up in one piece and got some cool pics of the kids though :D One more thing to mark off our list of "To Do's" around Grant county! When we got home we ran the girls to their house and then came home to unpack. Put the boys to bed early and they STILL didn't go to sleep right away :p Oh well. I just hope they wake up in good spirits!
I just finished editing a bunch of photos from Saturday and am currently waiting for them to export so I can share them with Gramma Vicki on facebook and here on this blog!
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