Easter 2011

We spent Easter with my family this year.  We drove up to Ellerbe on Saturday (the day before Easter) and spent the rest of the day doing typical Easter activities like dyeing eggs, ordering chicken strips from Dixie Burger, and watching old episodes of Psych.  If we had had a contest, Rachel would have won for her awesome pink flamingo egg:

Easter itself was pretty action-packed.  We were up and at FBC at 7 am for the sunrise service.  After the service, we had breakfast at the church.  Then we headed back to the house to shower and get ready for church.  Gemma looked so sweet all dressed up in her Easter finery.

Rachel and I both wore hats and channeled Kate Middleton:

After church, my parents and I enjoyed chicken salad croissants and strawberry shortcake while Rachel and Cy ate burgers and brownies.  Gemma ate puffs and some sort of purple berry puree.  Not long after that, we loaded up our cars and headed to Myrtle Beach!

Did I mention that we scored some sweet Easter baskets that looked like sock monkey heads?  It was kind of Temple-of-Doom-esque, but with candy instead of brains: