More Easter Stuff

Sydney & her friend, Abby

I kind of feel as if we have been celebrating the bunny part of Easter for a month! We had our neighborhood Easter egg hunt last Saturday and we had kids in each of the age categories this year. Luckily, someone smart puts this on and has the groups go at different times (as opposed to all at once), so we got to spend time with each of the kids on their hunt. Then, we ran to my brother, Dan's, for their annual Easter egg hunt.
Gibson kids at the hunt....Sydney & Brandon are right in the middle.

We weren't there long when we got a call that Amanda was ready to be picked up (earlier than we expected) from the birthday party she was attending at the Lion House. (This is a fun party for 8 year olds....all of Amanda's little friends have done this party. Including ours, she has been to 6 since October!). So, we made a mad dash to downtown to retrieve our gal. So many activities that hopefully the kids were able to enjoy and not feel rushed.

This weekend was the big move across country for my baby bro and his family. So, we stopped by to see their 2 week old baby boy and he is SO cute! So much dark hair that my sis-in-law has already styled it with hair gel. I told him he looked like a cute Elvis baby. (sorry, I didn't get pictures).

Monday, we got to bless Chase. It was fun because my Dad is a new bishop and was 'officiating' the blessing at his own home. We blessed Brandon at home and it was so wonderful, peaceful and we were surrounded by family. Blessing Chase was much the same way. I felt bad because Mike had left earlier that day on a business trip and couldn't be with us. Such is life. But one of the best parts of my week was walking in on Brandon 'reading his scriptures'. Now I know this looks staged and it really wasn't and I know he really doesn't know he was reading the scriptures, but it was a nice glimpse into the future of our son obeying the commandments (we are hoping!). By the way, here's a cute moment with Brandon that never ends....he is obessed with wearing his shoes and his coat everywhere. He loses it if we take them off, even in the house! With the warmer weather last week, he was even outside sweating like crazy and wouldn't let me take the darn coat off! So, I have hidden the coat! Right now he is sitting on my lap, looking at this picture and screaming about wanting this coat!