Happy Easter

I have to start this post with a darling story about Skyler. Last Monday we had a family home evening about Christ Resurrection in honor of Easter. Sky really got into it and understood what we where teaching him. I was so happy because I thought it was a little to serious of a lesson for them. So a few days later I could hear him singing in the shower. (which is an often occurrence that I just love) but this time I didn't recognize the song so I went in to listen and this is what he was saying! "Easter's not about candy, Easter's not about eggs, Easter's not about the Easter bunny, Easter's all about Jesus, Jesus!!!" My heart was melting! I asked him where he learned that song and he said "mom it's not a song it a story that I made up" (also something that happens often in our house) At that moment I knew he understood out F.H.E lesson's and that even if they act like they aren't listening and goofing off they really do take something away from it and it is so worth it!!!

We had fabulous Easter weekend, with lots of egg hunts and way to much candy!
We went to Clearfield annual Easter egg hunt at the park where there are literally thousands of people. We did this hunt 2 years ago and it wasn't very fun because my kids where so little that they got stomped on and they ended up with 1 egg each, so this year I had no intentions to go but Sky talked me into it and I am actually happy we went. We saw a few of our neighbors and hung out with them and my kids where big enough to understand that they had to RUN to get any eggs so they ended up with a few and all in all had fun!
On the way home we stopped at Walmart to get a few things and when we got there they where having a Easter egg hunt so my kids insisted to join in the fun LOL So after 2 fun hunts, We went home to get ready for Nates family to come over and had a hunt with them. My kids are the only kids on Nates side but they thought that was even better because they didn't have to fight for their lives in order to get eggs LOL :) It was a very special hunt because after the kids found all there eggs we hid one more for Nates mom to find and in side was a baby onsie. She was so surprised she looked at me and thought it was from me, BUT it wasn't it was from Nates sister Jo Dawn. We are all so excited for her to have her first sweet baby it will be great to have more kids in the family!
On Easter my kids woke up at like 4 am and there was no way I was getting up that early for Easter, so we sent them back to bed and they came in every hour after that so at 7 I finally said o.k! I really think they were more excited for Easter than they where for Christmas. They both got bubbles, jump rope, and a hula hoops. later that day we went to my sister Tracy's house. Every year we all go over there and there is ALOT of us all of her husbands kids, his grandkids, her kids and my other sister and mom and us! They are so sweet they also get all the kids a Easter basket full of goodies. Then they do the BIGGEST egg hunt that is so fun! They do one for the kids and put money and candy in the eggs and my kids made out VERY well! LOL Then they do one for the adults yes you heard me right the adults, It is so fun to act like a kid and run around looking for eggs. They hide over 100 eggs and fill them with over $500 so needless to say we all leave there better off than we were when we arrived! I am so grateful for family and for Holidays that we can all get together and enjoy each others company! I am grateful for Christ and his sacrafice he made for me and for his resurrection so we can ALL live again!