Celebrating Easter

We had a crazy busy day on Saturday and by 8:00, I was ready to crash... but the boys kept reminding us that we had to color our eggs. So we did... and it was a lot of fun. Even Ziya really enjoyed it. My favorite is one that Abe decorated. He drew a picture of the two of us holding hands (I'm the one on the left... the one with the big stomach!).



Sunday morning was hectic, as usual, as we tried to get ready for Church (I've learned that sponge rollers really must be done the night before!). These pictures were snapped as we ran out the door.

Ammon was asked to give a talk in Primary. In preparation, he and I read a story about Christ's Resurrection from the Friend magazine and after talking about it, we sat at the computer and I typed as he dictated his talk. Speaking in front of others is not his favorite thing to do, but he did a great job and bore a sweet testimony of the Resurrection. He said that even though Easter is fun because of the Easter Bunny, the eggs and all the candy, the most important thing about Easter is remembering our Savior and the tremendous Sacrifice that He made for us. We were very proud of him. I'm grateful for the extra-special opportunity to remind/ teach my children more about such a special Event as Christ's Resurrection.

It was a beautiful day, so while I made sandwiches after Church, I sent Jacob outside with the kids to try to get some "sunny" pictures. This is what they came back with... Even though the sun was shining brightly, it was still quite chilly, Ammon was dying to get to the bathroom and the wet grass smelled like moose poop.

But Ziya still managed to look beautiful!


And Abe was only pretending to be grumpy when they came back inside.
The Coots family invited us over for Easter dinner with the wife and daughter of another firefighter friend of theirs who had to work. Charlotte and Pete made scrumptious deluxe fish tacos and we contributed Spanish rice, beans and salsa. We should have taken a picture of the table spread. It was as delicious to the eye as it was to the palette!

Their daughter, Katie, did all the prep work for the Easter egg hunt. The kids had a fantastic time and the adult company was excellent. We were grateful for the wonderful invitation.