Egg Hunt

We were blessed to have my hubby home for a whole week this past week! This is NOT the norm and I felt spoiled and did not want him to go back out on the road. It is always such a joy to have us all together as a family. It makes it hard when he leaves, but we know he is working hard and sacrificing to provide for us and we appreciate all that he does. We pray for his safety on a daily basis and eagerly await his phone calls home and his return trips. We miss him terribly while he is away and try to make his home time special. This time we enjoyed hanging out and having fun. We were able to celebrate our sons birthday together as a family and also went to the local egg hunt in town. The kids enjoy collecting these eggs as not only do they have the much loved candy inside, but they also have special golden eggs that you trade in for prizes. My 6yr old was able to find one of the much coveted golden eggs and happily traded it in for a prize which consisted of a basket full of fun things. She was very excited. Here she is before the egg hunt began.< >


The day was beautiful with the sun shining down and it was brisk but tolerable. All our kids were so polite in the hunt for eggs. My poor son had a hole in his bag and eggs kept falling out. The kids around him would eagerly grab the eggs as they fell from the bag without giving a thought to offering it back to him. He finally grabbed the bag and held it closed so no more would fall out. < >

Below is our youngest waiting with daddy for her turn to hunt for eggs. < >



Here she is with me on her egg hunt.

She was the funniest. She would NOT pick up an egg unless no one else wanted it. She would pick it up and if someone came over she would immediately put it back down. Needless to say she only collected about 5 eggs out of the 100 that were their. She was so funny! They all had fun though and we enjoyed the springlike day and getting to spend it together was a definite blessing! We are looking forward to daddy's next trip home and are planning many fun excursions for us all this summer for our family time. I love you babe and miss you terribly. Hurry home soon!

PS: I would love a drive by in between your home times as my wash machine is feeling left out. :)