This year I had a great time learning how to make chocolate eggs from my good friend Alison. She had five molds so we had to do two differently, but they turned out great and it was so much fun to do. These are homemade marshmallow eggs surrounded with ganache covered in semi-sweet chocolate...yum! For Avery and Breckens we just cut out egg shapes from the homemade marshmallow and put them in the freezer and then dipped them in the chocolate.
We always start our Easter in Scipio. Scipio is a little town just off the freeway past Yuba Lake. It's where my Grandma and Grandpa Peterson grew up and where I grew up visiting. The city puts on an Easter Egg Hunt every year so we go down the Saturday before Easter to do it.
All the grandkids....McKay holding Weston, Keaton, Tate, Brecken, Avery and Wyatt. Ready to go!
The age limit is twelve and McKay's birthday wasn't for another two weeks...lucky duck. I love Wyatt's smile in this pic! Hayley told him to do something silly first and then he laughed at himself, so cute! Sweet baby Weston couldn't last the egg hunt, he plugged in his thumb and fell asleep.
We did a few family pictures after the egg hunt. Upper right hand corner (going clockwise): My parents and my Aunt Tracey and Uncle Brent, the original "kids" of my family, Avery totally enthralled in baby Weston, my immediate family, & the girls.
After the egg hunt we head up to the grove and have a BBQ and play in the beautiful campsite. My kids love to "fish" with sticks and swing across the stream.
On Sunday we went to the Larrabee's and had a great time playing with cousins and doing another egg hunt. We're so blessed to be so close to our families and to enjoy great family holiday traditions!! We love you families!
