Happy Easter!

This Easter, my brother Ben and Jenny and Tyler and Tucker all came to visit. Jenny's brother lives here as well, so we partied all weekend with just the 12 of us!

SATURDAY

It was perfect weather Easter weekend.

She seriously does this ballet move all the time.

And this one. I'm beginning to see a future of expensive tutus and tights coming our way.

Showing off my camera to my brother

Dying Easter Eggs

Tyler is always very studious about every activity

Keaton accepted a dare to drink the vinegar

And Kayla accepted a dare to eat a raw onion. Okay, so it wasn't really a dare. She just likes to eat raw onions...for real.

Rolling eggs with just Julia wouldn't have been much fun...

So thank goodness we had all these helpers to help crack the eggs for our traditional Easter "Egg Stuff" meal.

Lori holding the cousins.

Tyler picked out this gigantic CareBear for Julia's birthday. It's as big as her, and as you can see, she is fascinated by its nose. It's usually in her mouth.

SUNDAY

What did the Easter Bunny bring Julia?

Eggs filled with Cheerios and goldfish, and a ring pop!

I don't think the Easter Bunny realized the ring pop was just like a giant sugar pacifier!

My mom got the babies these bunny hats for Christmas.

And Julia was TERRIFIED of Tucker in his bunny hat. I think she might have had the same reaction if she had looked in the mirror, but she didn't seem to realize she also had the same hat on.

All the kids went on an Easter Egg Hunt at Lori's

The kids found 25+ each, and Julia found this one.

But she did really enjoy jumping on the trampoline with her dad!

Everybody counting up their prizes while Julia stole from their baskets when they weren't looking.

MONDAY

We went to the Wild Animal Safari and rented this pimped out mobile to drive us through the Wild Animal Safari Park.

The front part of the van is ready to go!

So is the back part!

But we weren't expecting to be attacked by 15 of these the second we entered the park. The kids started screaming and throwing food at the hungry mouths, and....

Tucker was scared for his life!

As was Julia who spent most of her time like this.

By the end, she would actually get off my shoulder and make worried expressions like this.

But if you were being attacked by slobbery animals, wouldn't you be worried too?

The fattest pig I ever saw!

I didn't even know tongues came this long.

Kayla does a great bison impression.

Tyler feeding the zebra

That round pellet is food being dropped into his mouth. Can someone please explain to me why this animal eats with his tongue sideways? Julia did stick out her giraffe tongue to a few of the animals in solidarity.

Julia the lion

They had a separate area where you could walk around and see the super wild animals...like this goat, for example. Julia liked the goat until it licked her hand, and then she started crying hysterically.

Sunshine, eggs, family, and wild animals...a perfect Easter in my book!