The Daines Family: Easter Blessings

Easter Sunday was a beautiful day. It had rained the night before. Things were clean and beautiful outside. It was a fresh start for the day.

We started the day out getting all showered and cleaned up. We then went to Grandma and Grandpa Daines' house. There were lots of cousins to play with. We had to finish getting ready for the party.

Because it was Easter, we let the kids hide and find eggs. We had all plastic eggs. Grandpa doesn't like finding the other kind months later! :( Cori's, Mike's wife, (Richard's brother's), family tradition is to have the kids find their Easter baskets. They are usually hidden all over the house. We decided to have all the Daines cousins participate in this fun activity. There were 13 kids looking for 13 baskets. The big kids did participate half heartily. They were kind enough to help the younger children.

We had a wonderful family get together on April 12, 2009. All of Richard's sisters and brother were in town. We had fun posing for the Daines Family Photo. This was the entire Daines family! We took the photos over by the lake. The photographer did a good job getting all the kids to be happy and smiling in the photos. Even Kendal was happy for a while. She then took photos of each individual family. You'll be getting a copy later mom.

Around 3:00 pm, my family began to arrive. My family lives here locally. Well, most of them do. My older brother David lives in Louisiana, and my youngest sister, Kayla lives in Thatcher. Kayla was at the party though.

At 3:30 pm we blessed Kendal. We had the blessing outside in the backyard. It was a beautiful day. The sun was out and it was just right temperature wise. The blessing only lasted about 10 minutes. We then got ready for the food.

While the food was cooking, my side of the family looked for Easter eggs and played in the backyard. There were about 20 kids running around having fun. This gave the parents a chance to talk and socialize. I think it was a good day.

Here are some pictures.