Easter 🐣 🐰

The Easter Bunny came and brought both Molly and Jacer Bug some surprises!  (I mailed Cade and his companions along with Grandma Julie and her companion Connie's Easter boxes out to them ahead of time)  Molly got a few Taylor Swift records, some clothes and dresses.  Then Jace also got some clothes, toys and the cutest little felt cowboy hat and boots!  He looked so cute!  We went to church, then had all the married kids and Grandma Gloria over for a very traditional Easter dinner of ham, potato salad, baked beans, deviled eggs, etc.  Then we made cute sugar cookies in all the cutest Easter shapes.  Eggs - bunnies - ducks & tulips.

I love spending time with my family and am so grateful for the resurrection.  Here's a quote from Elder Stevenson that explains the importance of Easter very well!

"Take Christmas away, and in biblical terms, you loose two chapters at the front of Matthew and Luke.  Nothing else.  Take Easter away and you don't have a New Testament: you don't have Christianity."

Easter is so important.  Although we celebrate it with bunnies, chocolate and parties, I understand the true meaning of it try to apply His atonement everyday.  What a blessing it is!  My hope is that the rest of the world see's Easter for what it truly is.

 

Annual Egg Hunt 🐣

Monday, March 25, 2024

We came home from St. George Sunday evening and finished filling allllll the rest of the eggs for the Egg Hunt party.  I went to work Monday and somehow hosted this party Monday evening.  It was stormy all day.  Rain and snow right up until about 40-45 minutes before it was supposed to start.  We got so lucky with a little break in the weather!  Sidney, Molly and I quickly set everything out and somehow pulled it off.  I put Jack on the grill since Jeff was supposed to be gone coaching a baseball game.  Luckily for me again, his game was rained out so he was able to come home for the party.  We ended up with 2601 candy filled eggs!  I wish I would've gotten a picture of the prize table but I didn't dang it.  I also had to put the food table in the garage - but it all worked out.  Everyone came in coats, boots and hats.  I pulled out the two outdoor heaters and had the fireplace roaring.  The storm held off for about two hours, just long enough for the party and then it started to storm again.  But at least we got it successfully done!