Happy Easter

We had a great Easter. It started off by Zach spotting some jelly beans on the stairs. He thought Elizabeth had dropped them until we pointed out there was a path of jelly beans leading down the stairs! We followed them to the back of the house where the Easter bunny had left a water table for the kids! Except it was cold out so we went back inside. They have since played with it daily and come in soaked every day. They squeal and play for hours!

Then we watched Music and the Spoken Word and saw the Easter specials. It was nice to have that music and Spirit in the home. We got ready for church and went, with the kids looking adorable for Easter.
The primary kids all sang a song during Sacrament meeting. Zach didn't know all of the words and had told me this when we were in the bathroom a few minutes before going up there. I told him it was okay if he just wanted to smile. So smile he did! He was a little cheeseball of smiles. After it was over he waited for Sister Hunter to come by him and told her that "I just stood there and smiled!"
We went over to John's parents' home for dinner and my parents' came as well. It was great to have all of the grandparents there together! We had treats and a fancy dinner and it was so fun. After eating we looked in the backyard and the Easter bunny had come! The kids got their bags (and they insisted on wearing those headbands) and headed out! Elizabeth quickly learned there were jelly beans in the plastic eggs...so she would open them and eat as she went. And she would not touch real eggs. Cause you know, those ones don't have any candy in them!







We gathered the loot inside and they stuffed their faces with candy for a while. Elizabeth tried to get as much candy as she could in her mouth at all times. Those cheeks can fit a lot!
We had a great day and I keep thinking about how lucky these kids are to be close to both sets of grandparents and to get to spend so much time with them.



We are grateful to have this reminder of the Resurrection. We keep trying to explain it to Zach, parts are sinking in. It is interesting to think about how much I want Zach to understand and to know and to feel about the Savior, and it will be fun to see him develop his own testimony someday.