Easter!

Happy Easter! I can't believe how this holiday has just flown by for us. I'm sure it has something to do with Spring Break landing on Holy Week and the weekend of LDS General Conference. I'm exhausted from all the activities and preparation we did, but it was mostly fun things.

We got some cute Easter clothes this year so I decided to take some pictures of the kids. The boys pants had to be hemmed up, and will probably be long enough to be worn again next year (if the shirts are still an acceptable length.

The kids didn't want to take pictures at all. I had to take over 300 pictures to get them all smiling. I really wanted a shot with the daffodils as the background but they refused to all smile at the same time in that location. So imagine how cute this would have been as a background.

Brooklyn and Dustin were sick during this one and Logan had a huge cut on his chin. Good thing they know how to fake it.

Some of the fun things we did over spring break were visiting the library, playing at several parks, making crescent rolls, swimming at the Murray Pool, painting easter bunnies, shopping for Conference snacks (healthy with Mom... unhealthy with Dad), picking out a new book each, visiting Dad at work and playing basketball in his office,

The Monday before Easter we had a FHE lesson on Holy Week. We discussed what happened every day leading up to the Resurrection. Every day of the week I reminded the kids what happened that day and we discussed more. They were fascinated that nothing was recorded on Wednesday and decided that Jesus either visited with his family or went to Lagoon. That's what we would do if we knew we only had one more week to live. We also died eggs for our Activity.

Friday we got to attend the Jordan River Temple open house. It was great to get to take the kids inside! They loved the oxen under the baptismal font and the Angel Moroni on top, but the all time favorite was the stained glass windows! Every time we passed one they pointed them out with excitement. We were very disappointed the escalators were removed and stairs were added, but other than that it was a fabulous trip to the temple.

We went on several Conference walks and a bike ride to the park. Logan rode the whole .8 miles to and back by himself. Dustin and Brooklyn walked to but road back in the bike trailer.

Saturday morning we also went to Mike and Alison's house for an egg hunt. The kids had a blast finding eggs and eating all the candy before we got home. We also found Grandma Sheila and Papa Mike's Easter package and ate way too much candy Saturday.

There were so many great Conference talks this time I decided that I need to actually purchase a copy of the Ensign in paper format instead of just reading it online. Probably my favorite quote was by Elder Bryan Taylor "To mothers... who often feel overwhelmed and underwater while striving to raise a 'sin-resistant generation', never underestimate your central role in God's Plan."

The  boys started coughing again this Tuesday morning and I'm really hoping it's just allergies to everything that is blooming instead of getting sick again. This morning Dustin exclaimed "I have the weasels again! I sound like a pig. Sigh!" Which means he has a wheezy cough. I am so ready for healthy kids again!