Easter in Suncadia

This is the third year in a row we've continued one of our favorite traditions of spending a long weekend in Suncadia with some of our best friends.  It just worked out that we ended up going Easter weekend this year, and it was so great watching the kids experience the fun of Easter together.  We were reminiscing about how last year we sat the babies on blankets and let them play while being immobile at that point.  In hindsight we should have taken advantage of their immobility and relaxed more while we had the opportunity to do so!  Ella, Nate, and Sophie were certainly little busy bodies this year, but they did great entertaining each other and playing with each other's toys.  They really are at such a great age and I love that they are such good friends!  Between all the Easter festivities and everything else we did while in Suncadia, we took over a thousand pictures :).  So of course this will be an extra long post!

 Our amazing house we stayed at...different from the house we've rented the past two years but we loved this one even more.

On Saturday morning, Suncadia put on an Easter egg hunt in one of the big open fields.  We had no idea there would be so many people there, but thankfully they blocked off a little area for toddlers so they wouldn't get run over by the bigger kids.  The kids got the hang of picking up the eggs and putting them in their baskets.

Not a bad backdrop for Ella's first Easter egg hunt!

 Haha! Gotta love the hug turned into a tackle!

 

LOVE these three cuties!

Dyeing Easter eggs back at the house...

 Ella hanging out with her buddies

Building forts with the dads while the moms were away getting pedicures at the spa and visiting the local winery :).

Opening her Easter basket Sunday morning

 We enjoyed a walk and stopped at a playground on the way back

 We set up another Easter egg hunt for the kids back at the house

 Lisa was a good sport and put the bunny ears on her {soon-to-be} baby belly!! Yay for baby Magnusson arriving in October and congrats to Lisa and Jamie!

 Jamie is a natural with the kiddos...he will be a great father!

Love our wonderful friends and the memories we make with them each year!  Hard to believe we got a picture of 8 adults and 3 toddlers all looking at the camera while using a self-timer!