The Van Der Beek family’sEastercelebration went a bit awry this year, to say the least.
On Sunday,James Van Der Beekcelebrated the holiday with his wifeKimberlyand their five children. But, as theDawson’s Creekalum revealed in an Instagram post featuring footage of the family gathering Easter eggs together, they had a few bumps in the road throughout the day.
“Our house is a mess,” James began his caption. “We had no water for half the day so there are dishes piled up. I spent two hours installing a zip line that didn’t work. A dog peed in our entryway. @vanderkimberly and I got into a spat about something so dumb I honestly couldn’t explain my side if I tried.”
James Van Der Beek’s family.james van der beek/ instagram; Bruce Glikas/FilmMagic
He continued, “Brunch never even came close to happening, and dinner slid into some kind of weird no-man’s land where I ended up making smoothies everybody fought over. And the kids were almost impossible to wrangle to bed.”
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But despite all the mishaps, the father of five decided to look on the bright side to close out his humorous post: “Other than that, it was as perfect an#Easteras it looks on Instagram. 🐣🥰🥳,” the actor said.
James Van Der Beek, Kimberly Van Der Beek and children.James Van Der Beek/ Instagram
James and Kimberly, who tied the knot in 2010, share five kids:Gwendolyn, 2½,Emilia, 5,Annabel Leah, 7,Joshua, 9, andOlivia, 10.
“Sometimes a fuller life begins with an empty house,” he captioned the shots. “Leaving Los Angeles incredibly grateful for all the friends and memories we’ve made here. Onto the next big adventure! ❤️😊.”
Also last year, Kimberlysuffered a miscarriageat 17 weeks in June, just seven months after a previous pregnancy loss, which happened hours before Jameswent on to perform onDancing with the Starsin November 2019.
Kimberly has been open about the devastating miscarriages. In October, she said onThe Make Downpodcast, “I understand that I am very blessed to be able to birth five children. I’ve also had five miscarriages, two of which were really harsh experiences.”
“It has changed my day-to-day quite a bit,” she added, “because I’m in very much a healing mode right now.”
source: people.com
