Easter egg hunt...

For the second year in a row we attended the amazing "Oerter Family Easter Egg Hunt" in Eldorado Springs. (This was the 30th year they've done it! 80+ people RSVP'ed, and it is such a neat thing to do if you live in the area.) They gather to sing worship songs and tell the Easter story first, and then the kids are dismissed by age for their egg hunts. They also have crafts, flowers to plant and food for everyone. It's such a wonderful ministry.

Here we're showing Daddy what Gavin was finding behind trees, under rocks and in the grass. Such treasures! (What's amazing to me, now that I think about it, is that Gavin hasn't remembered about the all of the candy from the hunt, which has been on top of our refrigerator ever since. Good deal.)

Mommy is making sure that Gavin fully appreciates everything he finds.

Besides all of the loose candy and toys that he found, there were tokens "hidden" amongst the grass and garden, and Brent thought that it was pretty funny that I was so into Gavin finding a token (redeemable for even cooler things from another Easter basket) that I would all but encourage him to traipse across the garden in order to find one! Hey, do you blame me?

PS. Besides celebrating Jesus' risenness that Easter Sunday, we also celebrated Gavin's first poop on the "big boy potty," though we've seen no repeat performances since. Lots to celebrate!