Easter with the Oh's

From my infant years through my elementary school years my aunt and cousins lived with my family making them more like siblings to me than cousins.  As I entered my middle school and high school years we only saw one another on special occasions and grew a little distant until I became a senior in high school.  For the last 8 years we have enjoyed one another's company with my various trips back home to Las Vegas.  It has been so fun watching their two girls (now 6) and two boys (2 1/2 and almost two) grow up and even more fun now that Lance and I have a rambunctious boy to add to the mix.  Jung and Megan make the trek to Utah about twice a year, but this was Shin and Jim's first time in Salt Lake since my wedding 5 years ago.

It was so much fun being able to spend the entire weekend with my cousins and their awesome kids.  Bennett had so much fun having two boys his age to play with and the girls even got in on the action. Lance and the girls had an hour long hide and go seek game in the basement while the rest of us hung out and caught up on one anothers lives.  We enjoyed a fun trip up to Wheeler Farm and Bennett was enthralled with all of the animals.  He threw a fit every time I would take him away from one animal in my attempts to show him another animal.  We even enjoy a once in a life time opportunity to milk a cow!  Saturday morning we ate at the one and only Saturday's Waffles which is absolutely Lance and my favorite waffle joint.  

Sunday we sent the kids outside for a wild and crazy Easter egg hunt and we had WAYY too many easter eggs... the girls were actually getting bored of picking them up.  Bennett kept getting fixated on the egg that was in his hand and didn't understand to put it in the basket and just get another egg off the grass.  Winston even enjoyed a couple of eggs before the hunt began.  

How great it is to be able to spend quality time with my family and to have our kids grow up with each other.  It is crazy to me how much more I have come to love my family and enjoy these moments, even more so than I ever thought possible.  I am grateful that my family is forever. 

Here's my Easter tribute via pictures::