Easter 2013

Warning: This post is an Easter picture overload!! 

This year, we had a great Easter weekend!  Lilah is at such a fun age--we had a blast starting some real Easter traditions. 

Saturday we woke up and got ready for the Easter Egg Hunt at Oak Mountain State Park.  Oak Mountain had it's 6th annual Easter Egg Hunt which included 10,000 eggs up for grabs!

When the kids got the green light to head for the eggs, Lilah took off like a pro. It was like she had been doing this for years!

She even double-fisted eggs.

I couldn't believe how fast 10,000 eggs were GONE!  The entire hunt lasted probably about 3 or 4 minutes. 

Our girl walked away with a basket full of 19 eggs. I think next year, we'll need a bigger basket because I don't think she would have been able to fit any more in there. 

Sunday morning began with finding out what the Easter Bunny brought. 

Lilah also had her first taste of a Peep!

We then headed to the yard to hunt for MORE eggs!! 

Then, it was time to get ready for church!

The church service was incredible! Love Easter!!

We continued our tradition of lunch at Firebirds after church. So yummy! 

We are just so incredibly blessed!! What a wonderful Easter!

Happy Easter! 

Coloring Easter Eggs!

Petting Zoo

A few weeks ago we took advantage of the warmer weather by taking Lilah to Oak Mountain State Park for a picnic and a visit to the petting zoo.

Our little girl is an animal lover so we thought this would be right up her alley. 

 We got to see sheep, donkeys, ponies, peacocks, goats, and pigs. 

Jep also made a new animal friend while there...

a goose, he affectionately named, Tommy. 

This goose followed Jep around the entire time like a little shadow.

I'm not exaggerating how much this goose liked Jep. You'll see that he made it into almost every one of the pictures I took.

We had a great visit with the animals. As you can imagine, parting ways was very difficult for both Jep and Tommy. They grew quite attached to one another after just a short hour.  As we left, poor Tommy tried climbing the fence with his little webbed feet to come home with Jep.  It was at that point when Jep looked at me and said...I think it may be time for us to get a dog. 

Lilah's Jumping Jellyfish Dance