More Family Visits

My sister and my dad came out for General Conference weekend in early April. I haven't seen Alexandra in a year! We went out and played during the priesthood session, eating at Cafe Rio and getting frozen yogurt with the kids. Then on Sunday night, we had more family over for a big chili dinner. It was SO MUCH FUN. There was a lot of baseball-playing, Tinkertoy-building, hair-braiding, and laughing. Good times!

Easter

Max's first egg hunt! The weather was absolutely beautiful on Easter weekend, which made the egg hunt so enjoyable! He learned the words
 "candy," "jelly bean," and "chocolate." :)

 
Luke, our sweet tooth, ate all of his loot in record time.
 


Dyeing eggs on Easter morning. I loved doing this when I was a kid. 
 

Easter morning!

 A big creepy Easter bunny. So we were eating dinner over at my in-laws' house. I look out the window and see a giant bunny just wandering around outside (my in-laws have a big commons area behind their house) holding this big fake carrot. It kinda scared me for a minute! And then I called for the kids to go outside and meet the Easter bunny! Even shy Max was brave enough to greet the bunny and give him a little love. Such a funny, unexpected event on Easter Sunday. The kids were pretty thrilled!
Our Easter weekend was not as lovely as it usually is. We started refinishing our kitchen cabinets (pictures to come!) that weekend, which turned out to be a very difficult and exhausting job (but worth it, I suppose). Also, I caught a terrible cold and Ben was completely wiped out on Easter Sunday from doing the cabinets. But we still tried to do all of our traditions and I even managed to complete my goal of doing a mini-devotional each day the week leading up to Easter. It really made a difference and helped our kids learn more about Christ's life and gain a greater appreciation for this most sacred and special time of year. Hope all of you had a great Easter too!