The best birthday present

I love being at an age where the best birthday present is nice weather, happy kids, and good friends!  We had a small Easter Egg Hunt in the backyard today and had way more fun then I could have ever predicted!  The sun finally came out and warmed up the yard and 6 amazing kids and one cute baby had the best time running around, swinging, sliding, digging in the sand, and oh, yeah, eating candy!  I know I've mentioned this before, but good friends become even better friends when they love your children and their children can play well with your own children.  We made it two hours in the backyard without any arguing or misbehaving of any sort.  Rachel was very diligent to walk along the fence and follow pretty much the exact trail I made of hiding the eggs to get her eggs.  Ford put his basket around his neck like a feed bag and stayed in the safety of his sandbox to eat candy.  Ruby acted like every egg was a present from Santa on Christmas morning, "Look at this, Mama!!!!"  They had so much fun.  It's amazing what some stickers, some candy, some plastic eggs, good friends, and a great husband can do to make a birthday awesome!!  I can't think of a better way to spend the day.