happy easter

The Van Dop family celebrated Easter at our house this year. The quarters were cramped, but I'm hoping everyone had a good time nonetheless. Despite my awful cold, I had a great time! I love watching Josh interact with his Van Dop cousins. It's such a funny sight for me because all of his Van Dop cousins are fair-haired with light eyes and then there is Josh with brown hair and dark brown eyes! Who would ever think they are all related?!

This was also Josh's first Easter egg hunt. Though he didn't really understand the point, he had a fun time picking up the eggs. He didn't want to put them in his basket, though. He just wanted to hold on to them!

Here are some photos from the egg hunt. We let the toddlers go first, since the bigger kids would have them all snatched up in an instant!

Then, we let the bigger kids have free reign. Jaidyn is loading up her basket...
I think Josh and Brooke see that there is more benefit in "hunting" from Ciarra's basket...
Trying to get them all in a group shot is still somewhat difficult...
And then we all went indoors and opened presents from the "Easter Bunny" (aka Nana and Opa!)...


Happy Easter, everyone! We hope you had a peaceful and familial one!