harris happenings...

Like all Harris holidays, Easter was dragged out all week long! We started out with an Easter egg hunt at the library during story time with Milin and her cute little boy, Tean. Unfortunately, I didn't take any pictures and I don't know how to steal pictures off Milin's blog. We were fortunate to have Jake and Milin visit for a few days and they were able to join us at the park where a local church and the City of North Las Vegas put on an egg hunt. A helicopter flew over everyone and dropped Easter eggs out of the sky. There were so many people there that we didn't get any eggs and after the event was all over, there were children bawling and parents frantically yelling and searching through the crowds because they had been separated in the 30-second race of devouring plastic eggs. Needless to say, it is our last time to attend a community Easter egg hunt.
We had a great time decorating Easter eggs later in the week. Demarie had to make sure that Grandma and Grandpa had a colored egg with their name on it as well!

The festivities continued with a visit from Daren and Cathy Moon (my brother) and their family. They arrived Saturday afternoon and we had an Easter egg hunt. The next morning, the Easter Bunny brought even more candy and eggs! Demarie had a blast with her cousins, especially Hallie and Mallory! It was funny to see each age-group react differently to the egg hunt.

DAREN JR.: I'm way to cool for this.
KADEN: Still willing to at least check it out...for the candy's sake
MALLORY/HALLIE/DEMARIE: Aagh! Easter eggs! Hurry! Hurry! Hurry! Eat! Eat! Eat!
PRESLYN: Oh! What's this? An Easter egg? Uh oh! It broke! Wait a minute...there's...there's candy inside! Look! Candy! I better make sure I open every egg to see what is inside it before I place it in my basket!
BROYDEN: Oblivious:)

Demarie and Hallie got their eggs so fast that we didn't even get a picture of them looking for the eggs outside!

Look what was hiding in my Easter basket

Preslyn enjoying the Easter egg hunt!

Slow and steady wins the race! Preslyn ended up with a lot more candy than everyone else!!!! The Easter bunny hid small packets of Nerds candy and Preslyn found a few. One of the older kids helped Preslyn by opening each box and pouring the Nerds out on the table. When all the other kids realized that Preslyn had more candy than everyone else, they all stood around her begging for her to share. It was obvious by her face that Preslyn was enjoying the power! Without saying anything, she slowly and majestically grabbed one tiny piece of Nerd on the table and gave it to Demarie. I am so proud of her for sharing!!!

And of course, how can you forget Conference? That was definitely the highlight of the Easter Celebration!