Easter Weekend

The Owens family had a fantastic Easter holiday. We made the trek down to Newton on Saturday to spend time with my side of the family. We had a great time with aunts, uncles, cousins, second cousins, grandmas, and grandpas. Uncle Mark's house was packed! We started the day off with an amazing meal. My family can cook. They had an Easter ham and turkey, but I skipped past the meat section and filled my plate with the side dishes: sweet potato casserole with pecans, corn casserole, green bean casserole, mashed potatoes and gravy, rolls, fruit salad, and spinach salad with strawberries and the most sugary dressing I have ever tasted. It was heavenly. After my belly was full with second helpings, we had bars, ice cream, and a birthday cake for Liam.Grandma Margie hooked Liam up! She also got him an individual cake, which he murdered.

Sunday was another busy day. We let the kids sleep in after our busy Saturday and had our annual cinnamon roll breakfast before putting on our fancy clothes. Grandma Margie buys the kids Easter outfits every year, and Mayah is all about dressing up in pretty dresses. She is also all about posing for photos. And I am all about her beautiful curls, so you will have to endure all of the photos I want to share of Mayah in her dress. (On a side note: I also really like the photo of Mayah and Wyclef Jean looking at me while I take the picture to the left. I feel like he is boring into my soul.)
Judah thought it was pretty special to wear matching shirts with Liam. It was impossible to get a picture of the Owens three where they are looking at the camera.













After our photo shoot, we went to the 11:00 service at our church. My blog even got a shout out by our pastor, who read the excerpt about Judah talking to the headless mannequin from the entry, Service, in place of his joke. After church, we ate lunch at The Mandarin and went home for naps. We ended our holiday with decorating eggs, hiding them at Will's parents house, and eating some yummy barbecue.
Another amazing holiday for the books.