Syers Stories: April 2012

This was our first year celebrating Easter without Oma Bosch. It was day filled with the full spectrum of emotions. Sadness because we miss Oma Bosch and things just aren't quite the same without her. Joy as we acknowledge the true meaning of the holiday. Love as we watch our children enjoying every single second of the games and traditions we love ourselves and have participated in our entire lives. And thanks that we could experience all of those emotions with our closest family and friends.

This year's party was hosted by the next Oma and Opa, my mom and dad. Before we headed to their house, I took some pics of our crab apple tree in the backyard. Oma and Opa Bosch's front yard was lined with these trees, so this will be a great reminder of them every spring.

Before brunch and egg hunting, we tried for a few family photos. Not bad for us!

All of the grand kids!

My mom and dad (along with a little help from Payton and Brady), stuffed over 300 eggs and hid them in their yard. It was very difficult for the kids not to "peek" while they waited for brunch. So, we played some soccer, and with some uncles, to help pass the time...

After everyone arrived, we sat down for a delicious brunch (AMAZING after several weeks of fast food during our kitchen remodel!)

And FINALLY, it was time to hunt some eggs! Oma gave out all the rules.

And she even broke out her whistle to keep us all in line :)

And then it was off to the races! There were adult rounds, kid rounds, colored-egg rounds, girl rounds, boy rounds, elmo rounds, you name it, we tried to find it!

Well, Brooks just relaxed and enjoyed the show.

After an hour or so of hunting, we had discovered all but 3 eggs. (since then, two more appeared and all that's left is one lonely yellow egg!) So, we checked out our loot...snickers, jelly beans, cadbury mini eggs, some weird circus peanut bunnies :), and of course peeps! Nolan and Wes traded a snickers for a peep...they were each very happy with their trade.