Good Knights: Spring Shenanigans with the Knights 2011; Part un

Spring has been busy for the Knights, I swear as the kids get older our time gets stretched thinner (you with teens please don't tell me it will only get worse)....Here are some of the latest photos of things we've been doing. The first is of our annual Villebois Easter Egg Hunt. One thing I love about this neighborhood is the way neighbors come together to plan and create fun and safe events for the kids.

Evelyne with neighbor Elisa after the big hunt!

Gilbert excited about his loot!

My sweet niece Emery showing off her basket

The easter bunny always shows up and gets lots of hugs from the kids....especially Gilbert

Evelyne and her good friend Annika

My lovely girl

Kids exchanging easter stories...here's friend Jeffery and cousin Hunter

Next on the docket was coloring easter eggs which we hadn't done until the day before Easter. The weather was so spectacular I couldn't bear to do it inside so we went outside. A couple of neighbor kids, Siona and Kavin joined us! I actually sprinkled them with water that day it was so warm!

Dyeing eggs the old fashioned way...no PAAS here, just food coloring and vinegar.

They actually came out pretty good!

Easter morning was met with relaxation after a harried Saturday of preparing for the big meal. We have the family over to our house which I love...it's just the prep and cleaning that I hate. Luckily, it's all done by Saturday night so we can rest on Sunday and enjoy company with family.

I bought hot cross buns at Lamb's Thriftway to eat with our hardboiled eggs and mimosas on Easter Morning. Evelyne set the table for us and even put our initials on the napkins.

So, instead of buying flowers this year, I decided to venture outside and pick what I have even if it meant green leaves. I happily discovered the shrubs I usually don't like that are right outside my front door have lovely lily - like flowers in the spring that have a nice scent so I picked a bunch.

We went to Easter Service at Community of Hope and they had a nice display of easter lilies at the front of the church; perfect to snap a few photos!

Easter dinner is always a family affair; all of us select a couple of items and bring them to the table to share. I'm usually in charge of a main meat dish, this year I did the leg of lamb and all of the appetizers.

Dining room all set for dinner

We had a chance during appetizer hour to snap a few photos outside. Here's the lovely Sadie (now Kelley), mom and Evelyne in her apron.

My grandpa John enjoying an old song book. This year, Nathan and I did some spring cleaning and got rid of lots of books. Rather than send them to Goodwill we decided to give them to family and friends. So all weekend while people came for a visit, they got to take some books...fun!