Easter Blessings

We had a great Easter weekend. The weather was pretty nice and the kids were not sick, so it was great. We made some fun decorations, colored eggs and had an Easter egg hunt, ate good food visited with family, and most importantly... talked about Christ. What better way to spend a holiday?!

 I saw a tree like these on the computer and it looked so cute. The girls and I decided to make some Easter trees {the big difference is... the tree on the computer was blossoming and was really pretty... and ours are pretty bare... but they look cute anyway}

 I couldn't help myself when I saw these flowers... they just look so springy.

 The kids have so much fun coloring eggs... Darby even enjoyed herself with some plastic eggs and a glass of water.

 The kids finally talked us into getting some chicks and ducks. Baby animals are the cutest little things.

 This is my cute basket I got at Swap.

 My Grandma & Grandpa made this for me when I was young. I love heirlooms like this... and it holds my eggs perfectly.

 My Grandparents also made this little bunny for me... it holds jellybeans in the tummy. My Grandparents are very talented.

 Daddy-Daughter duo hunting for Easter eggs.

 Sadie

 I caught Grandma in the act.

 Wyatt

 Clayton

 Grandpa was really getting into the hunt....:}he,he,he

 After our egg hunt we took our eggs to the shooting hill where we raced them down to the bottom... this tradition is from when I was a kid and we used to go down by Aunt Rae's... it was really sandy there too and we would race our eggs down the hill... It is lots of fun for the kids.

 

Try to instill into the hearts of the children the spirit of truth and an abiding love for the Gospel, that they may not only do their duty because it is pleasing to their parents, but because it is pleasing also to themselves.

President Wilford Woodruff         

{4.8.12}

Happy Easter

I love to celebrate holidays with my family. Here is my Easter bunny. He turned out better than I thought he would. The kids asked me if the Easter bunny was real... (they are so funny) and I told them "of course."

We had a fun Easter. Friday the kids dyed Easter eggs... Saturday we went fishing on the Green River for cat fish (but didn't catch any), hunted for Easter eggs, raced our Easter eggs down the shooting hill, and had a BBQ at Great Grandma & Grandpa Birds... Sunday was a peaceful day, the kids got their Easter buckets and played outside. I am so grateful for our Savior and the atonement.

The kids had fun and got not too much, but just enough candy to make them happy. Grandma, Grandpa & Shantay came over to watch the sillyness... and brought some eggs for the kids... they are such good sports. I was going to make deviled eggs out of the real ones, but the kids ended up eating some and throwing the rest at each other. What a bunch of "hoodlums"...

Willy was so cute with Darby. He found her a bucket so she could hunt for Easter eggs. He helped her crawl around in the grass and put the candy in her bucket. What a good Daddy!

I made these little cards for our kid's Easter buckets.

They fit perfect in the plastic tag covers.

I hope they will put them in their scriptures and take 

them to church to look at during Sacrament meeting.

Feel free to use them.

{4.26.11}