Easter with the Thompsons

One of the things we definitely miss about living in Georgia is all the family time!  Growing up, Easter was a big holiday for both of our families.  We would family hop back and forth from house to house for the family gatherings.  Since we definitely wanted to be in place at our church for Easter, we were so happy that at least one Easter celebration came to us this time!  We are really close with my first cousins on my mom's side and are super great friends.  Although we live in four different states, we have remained close as we have all become adults.  One of my cousins, Kristi, now lives very close in Durham, NC as her husband is in grad school at Duke.  She was super gracious to have us all over for Easter.  Mimi, Papa Stan, Uncle Stan, Bert, Steph, Em, Hannah, Brett, Jacob, and I all headed over to their place to celebrate together.  Mike, Ali, David, Kristi, Jay, Uncle Jimmy, and Aunt Kathy were all there to greet us (oh. . . and Birdie too!)

Mike met us at the car and whisked Jacob off to play :)

Emily and Jacob definitely entertained us.

The "blue solo cup" provided hours of entertainment for Jbaby.

Jacob loves Ali :)

Normally, in GA, we all have a big Easter egg hunt for the big kids.  Mom, Dad, Aunt Kathy, Uncle Jimmy, Aunt Ann, and Uncle Bud chip in and put money in the eggs for us to find.  It is soooooo fun!  The boys almost push each other in the ditch to find the prize eggs of $20.  Since we were in urban Durham, Aunt Kathy did a modified version.  She put the money in the eggs and then let us pick the eggs that we wanted in rounds.  The boys were as violent as they were outside!!!!

Here is Em upset that she is being held back from the action.  Jacob is like, "What is going on?"

Grabbing eggs in round 2.

Round three. . . I think someone is about the get hurt!

Look at that blocking out action by Stanley and David!

Even Hannah woke up to see what all the yelling was about.

Em is like, "Please let me down!!!!!"

Last round:  only one egg per person.  This was a very agressive round!!!

Here is Em helping uncle Brett count his money.  He was worried that Em was going to take it to her daddy!  Ha!  :)

Thanks for having us Kristi!  We had so much fun sharing the holiday with all you Thompsons!