Easter

Aidan and Kalli

Aaron

 

 Yesterday we spent the afternoon in Lehi with our cousins and had a fun Easter Egg hunt.  The older kids hid the eggs for the younger kids and then helped them go around the house and find them which they enjoyed so much. The weather wasn't too cold (I wish it was warmer though) and it didn't sprinkle till later so that was good.  The adults made up a scavenger hunt for the older kids and they got in two teams and had to figure out the clues where the egg was hidden.  That was a lot of fun! I made up three clues...one was If you are hungry and it gets late, you find this by a plate.  And then the egg was in the cupboard by the plates. Another clue was "Look hard if you're able and you'll find this one under the ?" which was the table. I put the eggs under a blanket under the table so it wouldn't be obvious and then the kids were like, "I didn't see anything!" Isn't that just like kids to not look hard and just look at the surface. It was so obvious to me but not to them. the last clue was " If you sit here, don't slouch, you'll find this one under the ?" and it was a couch. So the kids had a lot of fun running around finding eggs.
After we got home, I boiled up 30 eggs and we colored them and that is a fun tradition. Ammon threw an egg in the purple dye really hard and it splashed all over my face and shirt. Oh, well.  In the morning we got up about 7 a.m. and had a fun little Easter egg hunt in our living room and the kids got an Easter Bunny and a few chocolates and one little toy each.  Kael got a BYU shirt, Kalli some make-up, Aidan a little basketball hoop, Aaron some cheap pop up toys which they have been enjoying ( you push the button, the little ping pong ball goes in the air and then you catch it) and Ammon got some Toy Story 3 bubble bath. We did get them a little something which is a fun tradition but we didn't get overboard this year like I have in the past.  I know that Easter is about Jesus and the resurrection and not the Easter Bunny and so do my kids.  I want to bear my testimony that I know God lives and loves me and I'm so glad for the sacrifice of Jesus Christ that he died for me and then was resurrected. I'm so grateful for the tender mercies He shows me every day and I love having the gospel in my life. Happy Easter everyone!

Ammon says "Cheese!"

Ammon

 

Kalli and Ammon

Kalli, Kael, Aidan and Aaron

so happy to get a chocolate bunny

Easter Egg hunt

Kalli, Aaron, Aidan, Ammon and Kael

Kael, Ammon and Aaron

Ammon

Aidan got a little basketball hoop