It was Easter this past weekend. We enjoyed lovely spring weather and an incredible feast with family and friends. But most importantly, we prayerfully considered and expressed gratitude for Jesus Christ. Easter is all about the Savior and His resurrection. To learn more about my beliefs visit
here. I am grateful for my faith, my testimony, my family. I love being Mormon; I can't imagine my life without my faith.
Here is this amazing family of mine. I love that 3 of us are in VERY similar glasses, and 3 without. Remarkably, we are all smiling at the same time and looking in the same direction. It was an Easter miracle :). Both of my daughters dresses are from Target (recently). My whole outfit is from Anthropologie. The boys...who knows where those clothes are from?!
On Saturday we had a little backyard Easter egg hunt for our chickpeas. Very fun. I have the happiest memories of my grandparents doing an ALL OUT hunt for us every year. Money in the eggs, our favorite candies, giant chocolate bunnies. It was epic. I am trying to teach my children to focus on the reason for the Easter holiday to begin with (Jesus Christ) but we still have our family traditions :)
The kids opened their baskets in the playroom on Sunday morning. Everyone got one thing they had been asking for/looking forward to (oldest son was the next book in his favorite series, oldest daughter a pair of yoga pants, etc.) and then of course lots of candy. Candy is a given on Easter, am I right? Most of which was gone by the time we got to church at 1 PM.
Later we enjoyed the yummiest feast ever with our cousins the Clawsons. Corned beef, roasted corn on the cob, sour cream and cheese potato casserole AND baked potatoes, grilled asparagus, salad. And a giant strawberry shortcake trifle for dessert. It was perfection. Every last morsel.
All in all, a lovely Easter weekend had by all.
