Hoppy Easter!

Easter

I should talk about the rest of the week first because this was the last day of the week, but it is also the most important! We read our countdown Easter eggs all week so the girls could remember all the things our Savior did the last week of his life, then had the special empty white egg hidden among the rest of the eggs. It was hidden too well, apparently, because I had to suggest they look harder in certain areas to find it, and then there were at least 10 eggs the girls found later in the day. Since we had early morning church, all the hunting, opening, and being excited was cut a little short by my nagging to eat breakfast so they could wear their beautiful new dresses. We were early enough to church to get our normal seat, and Chris enjoyed hearing all of his girls sing because the primary sang our closing hymn, and I sang a duet. It was a beautiful day as well, and we had fun relaxing, playing with the eggs, and recreating the excitement of hunting for eggs. 

Visitors

We were lucky to have some friends come visit for the weekend to celebrate Easter. It was hard to get the girls asleep on Friday night after they arrived after bedtime because they were all so excited. Then we caught the visiting kids trying to sneak into the girls' room to have a sleepover instead of going to bed! Apparently, the promise of playing all day on Saturday just wasn't enough, and then my girls slept in more than normal because they stayed up late, and it drove our guests crazy. I was very close to letting them go wake them up, but they woke up just in time to eat pancakes for breakfast. Most of the day was spent letting them find fun ways to play together, like hide and seek, puzzles, and board/card games. At 1pm, we went to the big Eggstravaganza at our town park to jump on bouncy houses and be a part of the egg race. Then our dinner was a BBQ in the backyard with elk burgers and hot dogs that were delicious! 

Children

It seems like Adrian has become a pro at walking in just a few days and walks everywhere he goes. He had a lot of fun showing off for Daddy and only crawls when he is after one of us and has already fallen over. He also loves our toy mower when we play outside, and looks so perfectly happy when he learned how to push it. Our backyard is becoming a beautiful haven for all of us, and I don't think I'll be able to stop the girls from climbing on my retaining wall...Hopefully, I did it correctly! They don't go in the dirt anymore now that I've put some flowers in, so the small fence is just for keeping Adrian and Buttercup out. The rest of the week was good at school, and we are hoping Shay will act better on the bus this week so she won't be kicked off again. Maybe next year we will have a less grumpy bus driver and she will mature a little bit so she can control her actions.