Hello Monday ~ April 18, 2022 : Easter Edition

Good morning!  After taking a week break due to the holiday, I am back blogging this morning linking up with Holly & Sarah for Hello Monday with an Easter weekend recap. 

Our college girl came home Thursday night for the weekend.  Friday morning, we took it easy around the house and enjoyed being outside.  There was some jump roping and hammocking going on, with a little bit of outdoor cleaning in between.

I enjoyed a make up free morning!

My oldest and husband having fun with the jump rope.

Friday afternoon, our college girl spent the afternoon with her group of friends who were home from college for the holiday weekend.  She has a strong group of friends here who all met in youth group in middle school and they have been going strong ever since.  It is such a great group of girls and guys.  That night, our family of 4 went to our favorite pizza place.  Later that night, Isabella went out again with those same friends while my husband and I took a walk after eating pizza.  My youngest stayed in doing art work.

Saturday was also a low key day for us, doing little things around the house.  Isabella spent some time in the afternoon with another church friend.  That night, we went to see Andrew Peterson in concert.  We brought a picnic and sat outside watching the concert on a screen.  

Sunday morning was rainy, but the weather did break a few times during the day.  For Easter morning, I always use these bags my mother-in-law made for the girls when they were little.  These days since they are older, I just put candy in them.  For gifts, I gave them each a budget and I bought what they wanted/needed.  This year, I bought them each a pair of shoes and skincare and makeup.  

After church, the 4 of us went to eat lunch with my parents at a BBQ restaurant.  It was very untraditional, but also nice to go straight to a restaurant that wasn't crowded.  My sister and her family were doing an Easter event with just their crew later in the day, so we just did a quick lunch with my parents. Afterwards, we took a few family selfies.

It was a great weekend with our family and felt like we had 2 Saturdays before a Sunday, which was so refreshing.

So thankful to celebrate our hope as Christians with my family and hope you had a great Easter celebration as well!