Easter {2012}

Easter...it was just a few short weeks ago, but seems like so long ago. April is our crazy, busy month (as I've mentioned previously) and I feel like so much has happened since we celebrated this wonderful holiday. Easter Sunday was the day after LilliAnn's birthday party and the entire weekend was fast, chaotic, but oh, SO MUCH FUN! The Lord has blessed us with such wonderful family and friends to celebrate with during the Easter holiday! 

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Easter morning the kids woke up to some pretty awesome Easter baskets that the Easter bunny had left for them! Reid was super excited about his batman cup and LilliAnn was really liking all of the candy!

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 A picture of my bed head Easter bunnies in their matching, monogrammed Easter pajamas

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 It is such a blessing for a parent when siblings show this much love to each other!

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 After looking through the Easter baskets, we got all dressed up and went to church to celebrate what Easter is all about - the resurrection of Christ! He is ALIVE! This is what separates Christianity from so many other religions. The most important thing in our Christian fait is the resurrection. The teachings of Jesus are important, but their have been many teachers and prophets throughout history and they all have died - but our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, died for our sins and then AROSE from the grave to ascend back to heaven with our Father! He is living today and is the center of my life!

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 After a fantastic church service, we headed to Missy and Melvin's house for Easter lunch. 

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 Family Easter Pic

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 We brought our bunny rabbits along with us and the kids had a great time playing with them (and chasing them!). This is a picture of Reid holding Batman. He has gotten pretty attached to his rabbits. He told me today that if he could have any animal in the world for a pet that it would be his ducks and his rabbits.

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 Sissy loves the rabbits too! She gets excited when she touches them or holds them.

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 The four cousins! They love each other so much!

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 This guy has made all of my dreams come true! So blessed to be married to such a wonderful, Christian husband who is such a great father to our children! He completes me :)

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I just can't get enough of those gorgeous eyes!

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We had so much fun dying Easter eggs on Saturday night with Grayson!

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This little girl just melts my heart! 

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She was only interested in eating all the candy out of the Easter eggs.

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Two years old and she's finally starting to get some hair!

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I just love this picture of my sweet babies.

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hmmmm...just how many eggs did I find?

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priceless. timeless. PRECIOUS!

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Her eyes change colors every day...just like her mommy's!

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Easter smile!

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Lovin' her bunnies

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This is Spiderman. These rabbits have given us a run for our money! We have chased them everywhere! The kids love to let them out of their cage and then chase them around the flowerbeds. We always seem to find them, but it wears mommy out!

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This is Batman. He is much faster and harder to catch than Spiderman! He loves to hide in the shrubs and behind our neighbors flower pots on her back patio.

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Reid loves the rabbits. He drives them around in his police car and in his Gator!

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Princess driving a Gator! A country girl can survive :)

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classic Easter pictures.

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favorite.

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Cook Family Easter Egg Hunt at Mimi & Papa's Cabin

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Must.Get.Eggs.

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Checking out each other's loot!

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A golden egg! This year he liked the money more than the candy. Sissy? Not so much!

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Dora birthday tricycle from Mimi & Papa...she loves it! She can't quite pedal yet, but she's good at scootin'!

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Classic Lil...it was a looooong weekend!