Early Easter with the Martin's

Since most of us were either going to be out of the state or at the in laws, the Martin's decided to have Easter together as a family the Sunday before. Like always, it is nice to get everyone possible together to spend time with one another. Each family in attendance was given a part of the dinner to prepare and bring. The dinner turned out great and was really good.

Because the weather was so nice we were able to visit outside for a little while after we were done with dinner.

We made sure and got a group picture including the Easter Bunny. All of Carol's kids made fun of her for bringing the bunny, but she couldn't help it.

As always Carol had some activities for the family. The first was an Easter egg hunt. She hid more than eighty eggs in the backyard and we went at it. I held Drew while Michelle went looking for eggs, but when I had a chance Drew and I found four of our own eggs. After the hunt was over we were told that some of the eggs had money in them. Neither Michelle, Drew, or I had any money, but the candy was plenty enough although we ended up leaving it at their house.

Even Grandma Nana had success with the hunt.

Drew enjoyed the hunt from the comfort of his father's arms. I made sure he kept warm by using my expert wrapping abilities. The tighter the better.

The second game involved shooting the bow and arrow, yes the same ones used in our turkey turd game. Each person had three tries to shoot the target. Those that had the best out of three shots got a date with Carol and Glenn. What was the target you ask? It was the Easter Bunny. Luckily the kids are too young to remember this violent, possibly traumatic, experience.

There is never a dull moment when we get together and that rings even truer when most of those in attendance are girls. These Martin women are something else. Jill and Rachel were missed.

Grandma Nana was able to hold Drew for the first time. She was a little hesitant at first because she worried she wouldn't be able to hold him up, but by the end of the evening I just handed him to her. Don't worry I stood close by.

Chelsea and Darren were good enough to come down from Idaho the night before to be with everyone. We were sad to see them leave and even sadder when we thought of the drive they had to make before they would get home, but the party wouldn't have been the same without them. We had a really great time and can't wait till the next get together.