Monday, 25 April 2011

Easter weekend

We had a lovely Easter weekend. If you are ever considering a visit to Emerald (ha ha), Easter is the time to come on over. There is an annual Sunflower festival, where a sunflower queen is selected (which by the way I should look into, as they win a trip to Canada to visit Emerald's sister city). There's also the sunflower parade where local businesses decorate a float and throw lollies and easter eggs into the crowd (I think I was targeted, I got hit a few times), and last but not least, there is the Emerald Rodeo! Yes, we love a good rodeo... and the cowboys aren't so bad either ;-).

Here are some photos of what we got up too...
ps. I need camera. These were just taken with my iphone and are not very good.... hmmm, mother's day is coming up, right Joe???


Raining candy! Every kid's (and Joe's) dream.


Elly's  loot!

    Noah's loot.




    All dressed for the Rodeo!
    Little cowboy.

    El, and the biggest fairy floss ever!
    The girls, checking out the cowboys  rodeo action.




    The Easter bunny arrived nice and early on Sunday morning, leaving behind some paw prints and treats for the kids!
    This is the life! Straight out of bed and still in his sleeping bag. Unlike Elly who donated her chocolate eggs to us and was more than happy to just play with her new little princess figurines from the easter bunny, Noah went straight for the chocolate. 
    Noah eventually took a break from his chocolate breakfast and checked out his present from the easter bunny. Please note the cute easter baskets in the background ;)


    It really was a great Easter weekend! Though we have an endless amount of lollies from the parade, fun memories from  the rodeo, and treats from the easter bunny, Joe and I both agree that nothing beats watching Elena's face as she listened so intensively while we shared the easter story and as we watched an Easter  message video for our family night. It was one of those special and rewarding moments where you feel so blessed as a parent and find yourself thinking... "life is good," closely followed  by... "I must be doing something right!" :)
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    5 comments:

    1. Cassie 25 April 2011 at 20:54

      I love the look on Callie's face in that pic! Oh and were your easter baskets worth it Carmen? lol They are cute though! What happened to your Camera? You had one I though... Anywho.. I am just at home in bed and googled your name hoping to find your blog and I did, so that has passed some of my day! Love Cas xo

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    2. Carmen Dunbar25 April 2011 at 21:35

      I knew you'd like Callie's cheeky smile in that pic! Yes, those baskets are cute. My camera got lost! I think it's in that bermuda triangle room aka my walk in, but I do not dare to go in there and look for it with all of Joe's reno work in there! Glad you found my blog and helped you pass some of your day. You do realise though that it just feeds my stalker theory right?!

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    3. Georgia27 April 2011 at 16:32

      i couldn't help but notice that Elly and Noah seemed to be the only ones to bring a lollie catching basket to the parade :) good forward planning guys xxx

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    4. GERRY27 April 2011 at 17:35

      I wish I could have been there. xoxoxo

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    5. Carmen Dunbar28 April 2011 at 02:43

      Ha ha! Good pick up Georgia! Totally not planned, we just so happened to have their sandcastle stuff from the day before still in the car... all Joe's idea!

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