Easter weekend

The Friday before Easter we took a drive down to Forest Hill, Maryland to stay with our good friends the Niehoffs for some Easter time fun. We always have a blast and there is always tons of fabulous food. They treat us so good. We call them our east coast family because they really take care of us, especially Miss Lucy. They love to spoil the little missy. The Easter bunny came early to their house and brought Luce a bunch of goodies, including a mega pack of playdough. That entertained Lucy, me, Kate, and J-Wal for a good hour. We're all still little girls at heart. Kate gave Lucy a beautiful play dough manicure.

She was pretty excited about it.

 We made all sorts of animals and things. Lucy has really been into birthdays lately so she requested I make her a birthday cake with 3 candles since she's turning 3. She was tickled pink with her mini cake, especially the sprinkles.

 She asked us to sing to her and everything. Then she blew out the candles and started taking it apart and giving everyone a piece.

 Later Luce and Trey went out back to set up the tent for their camping extravaganza. She was soooo excited. She was a good little helper to her daddy.

 I opted for a bed in the warm house, being 32 weeks pregnant and all.

We picked crabs for dinner and then after we set up the Xbox for some Just Dance 3 action. Lucy had to dance every single dance with all the ladies.

 Here's a short video clip...

We thought that would for sure wear her out because she danced for a good hour straight. She actually told us she wanted to go to sleep(this NEVER happens) so we thought she would for sure pass out once they got out to the tent. She must have got her second wind because Trey said she was ready to play when they got out there. Her definition of camping is closing her eyes and pretending to snore. Trey said she did that for a good half hour before she actually went to sleep.
The next morning we got up and got dressed up to go to the D.C. Temple. Luce got to color a few eggs and go through the Niehoff's dress ups before we headed out.

We met up with one of my besties Tara in Silver Springs for some Chick-Fil-a and then she took Luce and we headed to the temple. It was so nice to go escape the world for a while and remember the things that are truly important. I'm so happy we were able to go before baby girl arrives. Who knows when we'll get to make it down there again. Thank you so much T!!! It was so fun to see my T-bone and catch up on things. It's fun to have her as a fellow east coaster, even though it's just temporary.
We headed back to Hershey that evening. We had an extremely low-key Easter Sunday at home after all the weekend fun. The Easter bunny came, we went to church, colored eggs, and had the lamest Easter dinner ever. We didn't really plan ahead so we just had to scrounge up whatever we could find at home, which wasn't much. Ah well. C'est la vie!
The Easter bunny brought the Go Fishing game! I loved that game so much when I was a kid.

 Lucy looked so stinkin' cute in her Easter dress. It's the same one she wore last year and I was so sad we didn't get a picture of her last year so I was set on getting one this year but she was not cooperating so here it is from the back.

 And here's one from after church when Lucy attacked her daddy. She loves to wrestle these days.

I told her to smile and this is what she gave me...lovely. We got the tie dye kit this year for our eggs, it was really fun. Messy, but fun.