Easter 2013

We had a wonderful Easter weekend full of fun!  We started the week off the Sunday before with dying Easter eggs, the kids loved it and made me wish that I had boiled several dozen more.  Sadie was very particular about her colors and drawings, etc. - and they turned out beautiful!  Tyler kept dumping his egg from one color to the next just wanting to use the dye!  Such their personalities!

On Monday for Family Home Evening we had a fun Easter lesson where we hid eggs and in each egg it had an object that talked about Jesus's crucifixion and resurrection.  The kids got really excited about it and I actually felt like it was an activity that was on their level, that they enjoyed and that taught them a lot about the true meaning of Easter. 

Then on Saturday, the day before Easter we celebrated with some of the Smith family.  Steve and June came up and went with us to the Kaysville city Easter egg hunt.  Sadie was in the 4-8 year old category this year, which was a lot more competitive, but June and I were there to help her!  Tyler was in the 1-3 category and made a killing on candy.  Devin said all the kids ran for the eggs in the middle of field and Tyler just looked at them thinking they were crazy because the grass was covered in candy.  Tyler went straight for the candy, that's our Candy Man!  Then we came home, Darren and Diana and their kids came over for a barbeque, June had an Easter egg hunt for the kids and then we colored Easter eggs, it was a fun day!

Then on Easter Sunday we had a great day!  Devin didn't have Bishopric meetings and it was really great to have him home all morning!  The kids woke up nice and early to find their baskets.  The Easter bunny hid their baskets and then hid some eggs all around the family room for them to find and they loved that.  Then we had a big breakfast and watched a movie on the Mormon Channel about Jesus to help the kids remember what the day was really about.  Then after church we headed down to my parents house to celebrate Easter and it also was my mom's birthday so it was two parties in one!  We had a huge Easter egg hunt of 150+ eggs, the kids & adults both loved the hunt!  Sadie was excited this year because she understands the meaning of money now and wanted to find the money eggs to put the money in her piggy bank!  We then had dinner, opened presents and had cheesecake for my moms day!  It was a wonderful day, with a lot of happy memories!