Easter Weekend

Hey friends, hope you all enjoyed your Easter weekend and are back into the swing of things this week! Matt's sister Erica visited us for the weekend. We had a great time!

Saturday we took her to the Desert Botanical Gardens. But first we made a quick stop at my favorite tourist attraction-The Hole in the Rock!

We headed into the gardens before it got too hot.

We were able to get really close to a hawk and an owl on display that day.

I have been wanting to see the new butterfly pavilion, and it was so cool! It was very peaceful in there. (I had more pictures in there, but for some reason I am having a hard time locating them.)

I love it when the ocotillos are in bloom. It only lasts a couple weeks, but I think they are so pretty it makes the other 50 weeks of the year-when they look like they should be chopped down-totally worth it!

There was a selfie station so naturally someone had to participate!

I think this might be the tallest cactus I've ever seen!

Such pretty views!

We grabbed lunch and came back to the house to dye Easter eggs. My family has dyed Easter eggs every year so I am trying to continue the tradition with my own family.

I got the "marbled" kit so we attempted to make some "marble" looking eggs.

Matt placed his eggs into the cups about 15 minutes at a time. Some turned out great, but then another ended up like this! Oops!

Our pretty batch of finished eggs!

Sunday we enjoyed Easter services and came back home for lunch. 

We spent the rest of the day at home playing lots of board games. We ended the night with LIFE. Matt and Erica ended up each having 5+ kids during one round. I've never seen so many "people" packed into those little cars!

Monday morning Erica and I headed out to do a little baby shopping. We had a blast! Good thing I don't know the gender of this baby or I would have two closets full of baby clothes! They are just too cute! I couldn't help myself and had to get this fun little onesie. I thought it was too funny and was sure to share it with my speech therapist friends!

We had such a fun visit with Erica. We have more friends coming into town this weekend, and then it's our turn for a vacation. Keep watching for more fun posts to come!