Sometimes when I see pictures like these I think...how many more years will I have of us all being together like this? Special thanks to Ben for agreeing to appear in said photo, even though he declined to actually color an egg. It's O.K.
It's tradition, this bunny cake. Except my mom always always makes the bunny cake, and this year, we really missed her. She died 6 months ago yesterday. I'm so glad we still have traditions and memories connected to her. I hope it makes her smile that we still did the bunny cake.
Another wonderful Easter tradition is the fabulous egg hunt at Grandma and Grandpa's house. In addition to the egg hunt there is also a scavenger hunt. The kids love love love both of these events.
We also spent time as a family talking about the resurrection, reading the scriptures about Jesus' last days, and watching a few amazing videos on lds.org depicting the life, ministry, death, and resurrection of our Savior. At our sacrament service on Sunday the beauty of it all hit me full force as I sang He is risen! What a wonderful time of the year.
In other news.....
we spent our Spring Break at the dentist office for 5 cleanings, 3 extractions and 3 fillings (with 8 more to come, don't ask). Good times! The above pictures is before 2 of the extractions, and then.....
(P.S., did you know it is now against OSHA policy to let kids take home their own teeth from the dentist? Evidently the toothfairy just collects them from the dentist office!)
We really didn't do anything big for Spring Break, but the little things we did do were fun: a trip to the library just me and the kids, water balloons, ice cream sundaes, a backyard fire with marshmallows, jumping on the tramp in the dark with glow bracelets and playing "Tron", spending time with friends, a trip to Krispy Kreme for free report card donuts, being lazy, baking and eating white bread (white bread is the elite of elite treats around here), and having bowls of cereal for afternoon snack each day. I liked not having to think about book reports and spelling tests and dance class and carpool ( I still had to worry about laundry and dinner). Definitely looking forward to summer!
P.S. Guess what is right around the corner? Soccer-Soccer-
Baseball! Can't wait!
Baseball! Can't wait!
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