Hoppy Easter!

April 21, 2014

This weekend was full of fun festivities & family. Calin and I debated over and over again how we wanted to do this whole Easter thing... It's hard combining traditions from 2 childhoods :) We agreed that we'd do all the fun Easter-y things like egg hunts, baskets and instead of decorating boiled eggs we frosted sugar cookies. I'm the only one in our house that likes boiled eggs...

We decided together to keep the more active and messy traditions the day before Easter... egg hunts and decorating cookies should be on Saturday. That way we could keep Sunday more simple. Have our baskets of candy and a new church outfit. I didn't want to pull too much attention away from the Savior and the real purpose of Easter. As our kids get older, we'll be able to teach them about our Savior and his sacrifice for them. This year we were just happy Dean lasted the whole 3 hours at church :)

 

Dean helped make the sugar cookies

 

 Pre-mess

 Before his cookie was completely destroyed. 

This is what happens when you take a child's frosting away...

 The aftermath

 Thank goodness for Bruce! 

 Some of our beauties

 We figured Dean wouldn't be very interested in an egg hunt because he is still a little young so instead we put a bunch of little toys and candy inside balloons, blew them up and put them in my giant basket. It was an over-sized Easter basket!

 He noticed right away that these were no ordinary balloons- they had prizes inside!

Dean loved watching Calin pop the balloons

Outside playing with chalk

 Easter Morning!

 Discovering his loot

Jelly Beans before church may not have been a wise decision but... it was Easter :)

 Grandma Kitty & Grumpa gave Dean a bubble gun. I think I may love it more than he does. Now i don't have to get my fingers all sticky and soapy when we play with bubbles!

Family Picture Time!

Here is a fun comparison of last year and this year. Boy, things have sure changed! 

Because of Him, I am know with all my heart that I can return to my Heavenly Father. I am definitely not perfect but it is by the Atonement and His saving grace that I can make it back with my family. I am so grateful to be sealed to my family and I can't imagine life without any of these crazy people. 

I am grateful to be reminded and think about Jesus Christ and all He has done for me during this Easter season.