easter

A few pictures from Easter. I fear I just might be the only mo-mom who could care less about buying my kids new Easter church clothes, sooo - no pictures of them. Moving on:




Fabric egg (the only one that turned out of my 5 attempts) and tulips delivered to my MIL at the Hunstman center.




The UVU easter egg hunt with my mom - Cody found a stash!


Coloring at UVU with grandma.

We left for NJ the Monday morning after Easter. The kids actually slept in Mapleton Saturday night so we missed out on all the Easter morning festivities. I knew I could count on Grandmas Jannie to go all out for them though, and they came home that afternoon in the best mood. We are so lucky to have both grandparents so close and so involved in our kids lives. Justin and I got to spend the day doing last minute packing and cleaning but we did get to go to Stake Conference at the MaKay Events Center. One of the 70 spoke and Elder Scott. It was really great. One thing he said that I loved was that as parents we needn't worry about raising our kids in this day and age. Our children were prepared in heaven to face the trials and temptations of their day. He had two young women come up and asked them questions about their family life and then had them bear testimony as he stood behind them. No big deal right? He told us he could have given a sermon on the importance of raising righteous families but here he had just given us proof. He said at their age, he didn't think he would have been able to stand strong as these girls do. But our children are prepared. So that made me feel good - just thought I'd share since most people who read this have little ones.

We left the next day for Jersey and made it in 3 days. Driving went better than flying alone last year. The kids were really amazing. Our apartment is huge and brand new and we can see the ocean from our window! Stay tuned for another summer of adventure!