Sunday, May 15, 2011

Easter Egg Hunt 2011

As is tradition at the Scott Zoo, we have an Easter Egg Hunt the Saturday before Easter. Last year we did it on the Monday after and had it as FHE with Patrice. There was a hail storm that evening which added to the excitement.

This year, it was warm enough to have it outside and we had three yards to scatter eggs in. Each yard had two kids' eggs hidden in it. Eric had a lot of fun hiding the eggs for Xela and Aurora in our backyard and nothing was off limits for the "big" kids.

Eric hid eggs under the tarp that had been covering the pool.

It took Xela several tries & a game of Hot/Cold to find this one in the grill.

Eric even put an egg in the pool.
Xela's trying to figure out how to get it without getting in.

Eric taped one egg under the plastic horse seen here.
It was one of the last one's found.
Eric has fun making the egg hunt a HUNT.

Graigry and Nate were in the backyard behind the missionaries house. I hid theirs a little more easily than Xela and Ro.

I think this one was the most difficult.
The stripe on the lightpole is tape holding an egg up on it.

The van is always a good hiding spot for eggs.
This one is a little obvious, but I'm okay with that.

Near the end, the boys were helping each other find eggs.
The sooner the eggs are found, the sooner everyone could have a piece of candy.

Earlier that day we had a ward activity that included an Easter Egg Hunt up at the boy scout Camp Belzer. The kids had a blast and exerted all their energy, as seen by Neta's inability to awake after arriving home.


Neta and Jayden were in Grandma Neta's backyard. The grass back there was long enough all Patrice had to do was drop them on the ground. Even with that, they needed a little guidance.

Patrice trying to guide Jayden in his search for candy.


Neta and Jayden helping each other.

VICTORY IS MINE!

Enjoying the Sweetness of success.

Each kid got about 17 eggs. This year we put names on all of them, which should make it easier for years to come. Aurora and Xela are just finishing their candy and it's a month later. Nate and Neta finished theirs within two weeks.