Easter in Texas

Our sweet family on Easter morning before church. I always wonder, when is the best time to take pictures? Before church is always crazy and the kids are still looking in their baskets, and after church is exhausting (plus the clothes are wrinkled and in our case dirty now).
Ben didn't like posing in the family picture, but he was all smiles for his solo shot!

Carter on Easter morning, he did not want to let go of his Easter basket!

Carter looks sad here, but really he was scoping out the eggs. This was taken at the town's Easter egg hunt. As soon as they said go, Carter took off and grab lots of eggs. Ben was a little more thoughtful when it came to picking up his eggs.

Easter egg hunt at the Merriman's, all of the Texas cousins - Vaughn, Dylan, Jackson, Benjamin, Carter, and Ashlee. B & C had such a great time playing with their cousins this past weekend.

As you can see from the pictures, we made a very quick trip back to Texas for Easter. Thank you to our sweet families that picked us up from the airport 3 hours late and drove us around. We miss you guys, and we enjoyed our time with you. We were so glad to get to spend time with Jackson. We got to see him walk, run, and play with the other cousins. It had been 3 1/2 months since we saw him last.

Do you let your kids eat candy? That is a very stange question, but our kids rarely eat candy. In fact, if I have any at the house, it is hidden and out of sight. I am saying this because when my kids get around candy(mainly holidays), they go crazy. Carter ate so much candy on Saturday, he made himself sick. We took his basket away from him and somehow he found more candy. It was the family joke about how much the boys love candy.