Happy Easter everyone from the Porter's! Because of crazy schedules we had our Easter dinner on Saturday afternoon and although the weather was yuck we still managed to have a fun time together. For those who couldn't be here, you were missed. Here is the run down on what our day was like: (please remember that these are the expressed opinions of many involved, not just Brooke. Although I DO have the power to veto!)
All morning long mom cooked. ie: made the dip (packet of dip mixed into sour cream), drained the beans for the baked beans (opened a can and poured them into the strainer), made boiled eggs for dying (put some eggs in water and put them on the stove) and made the jello (again, boiled some water and poured a packet of peach jello into it. Oh, and she stirred it a few times for kicks). As you can see she was swamped and did all the work!!!
Dad spent his morning being Mr. Social. He was over at the church making sure the ward egg hunt went well and even went and visited some single lady who he home teaches. What a good little boy. He earned brownie points by bringing home donuts from the church function! Did I also mention he went and bought a new air mattress at Shopko. He sure got a steal of a deal - 50% off! Happy Easter to you dad!!! (Side note: he slept on it last night and says it was fantastic! A little cold but that's just because he's old and a pansie.)
Brooke and Maryn took one for the team and went shopping all morning/early afternoon. It was raining the whole time so their hair got ruined but were willing to suffer through it for those new clothes they came home with. It was fun being together since both of them are super busy all the time.
When Brooke and Maryn got back to mom and dad's house Katie, Adam and the kids were already over with GG. They were dying the eggs, a Porter tradition.
That last picture of Adam looks crazy and if you look closely to the egg he was dying right then, it might make more sense. Here it is . . .
Not only is it green (his favorite color) but if you look closely it says "I wish I was a Jehovah Witness". Don't ask, it's just Adam for you!
After coloring the eggs and decorating them we had a typical BBQ with the works. We had BBQ chicken, pasta salad, GG's potato salad, Jello, veggies & dip, and for dessert a carrot cake Katie made. We had tons of food and enjoyed every bite! It was so good we forgot to notice something was missing until we went upstairs and saw that the oven still had the baked beans cooking in it. Oops, I think they are now considered BURNT beans!
After the meal we had the egg hunt. We usually do it in the backyard but because of the rain we hid them downstairs. The kids had a great time finding them and counting how much each egg was worth before going to grandpa to collect their money!
Being the youngest Chloe got to look for her eggs first. She found hers quick and when she did she'd just chuck them into her bag, not even caring if they broke! She got 85 cents from grandpa for her eggs!!!
Ethan took the egg hunt very seriously. He could only find a certain amount so if he saw two close together he literally would stop and look at both before deciding which one he wanted. I guess it wouldn't be as fun to just grab both of them! His eggs earned him $1.15!!!
As you can see Tori is growing up and soon will be "too cool" to do an easter egg hunt. She found a lot of eggs too, even her favorite one which made her happy. She was the winner by getting $1.65 from her eggs!!!
You can tell very well but this egg has Chloe's name dyed onto it and it was her favorite one! What a cheeser!!!
And what were tweedle dee and tweedle dum (which ones which I'll leave up to you!) doing the entire time the eggtastic hunt was going on? Oh they were just relaxing. Tough life they have . . .
"So how 'bout them Jazz?"
Maryn is proud of her BOOTIE!!!
Happy Easter Everyone!!!
P.S. Who's doing the dishes? NOT IT!!!!
ahh . . . doesn't he look cute! 
