Easter '09

Easter this year was a lot of fun! The Monday before Easter we had family home evening that Grandma and Kyler and Jenna and the boys came for. We had homemade pizza and then decorated egg sugar cookies! The week before our lesson had been about the upcoming General Conference and the kids started a conference packet that would help them listen to the talks. For this family home evening we each told about our favorite talks. It actually worked out really well, the kids had fun and I think it helped them pay attention a little better. We were glad Kyler and Jenna and Grandma could join us. Thanks everyone for adding to our fun, yet spiritual??, night!

We then had a whole weekend of Easter celebrations. On Saturday we had a party at Banana and Papa's, complete with good food, an egg hunt, fun games and baskets for the kids and adults. Thanks, it was a great party!! On Sunday the kids woke up, not to early actually, and found their baskets that the Easter Bunny had hidden for them. We then had a Easter Egg Pancake Breakfast, which sounds kinda gross but it was just pancakes shaped like eggs and dyed pastel colors. Sunday afternoon we headed to Grandma's for another party, complete with good food and an egg hunt. The kids had so much fun looking for the golden egg, hidden by Kimmie and Michael, and Alec has assured me that next year he will be the one to find it! Thanks Grandma and Kim and Michael for making it so fun!!!

We hope everyone had a great Easter and not only enjoyed the holiday, but also took time to reflect on the meaning of the wonderful day!