I Love Easter!

Halle and Audrey were enjoying their new found treasure.

Lehi easter egg hunt with Grandma Jackie and Papa Craig and cousins Halle, Chase, Elizabeth and Seth.

 

Easter egg hunt in Salt Lake with Grandma Raylene and Papa Randy and cousins Chloe and Gretchen.

 

To say that Kennedy loved this little whistle would be an understatement!

Another big fan of the whistle!

Audrey and I made glitter eggs!  It used to be that you'd go to the store and buy a little egg coloring kit with about five colors and you were good-to-go.  Now there are so many choices!  It's a little bit overwhelming!  There are glitter and tye-dye, pastel and florescent; the possibilities are endless!

Another Easter tradition is to go to Salina to eat in the garage and throw eggs.  Sounds glamorous, right?  Actually, it is so fun.  The garage tradition started one year when the weather wasn't cooperating.  It was so much fun it has stuck with the family for years.  The whole family wouldn't fit in any normal size house anyway.

Kennedy and Audrey both had a ride on the wooden rocking horse.

Ryan's cousin's daughter Ashlyn is Audrey's good friend.

Throwing the eggs was great because those eggs would not break!  (Maybe part of the issue is the girls throw about as well as their mom.)

Audrey on Easter morning.

I didn't get a picture of Kennedy that morning because even though we don't have church until 1, I can't bring myself to get anyone ready until the last minute.

On a more personal note, I loved Easter so much this year.  I think Easter is in some ways better than Christmas because there's a commercial side and a spiritual side and there's much less stress.  This year we had so much fun with the girls.  They were both so cute about the egg hunts.  On the other side, we were able to have a real conversation with Audrey about Jesus and the really amazing story behind the holiday.  On Easter Sunday one of our amazing Young Women leaders gave a beautiful lesson, Kennedy was out with her dad, and I was able to feel the spirit of Christ's life, death and resurrection.  It was a wonderful couple of weeks to think, feel, and enjoy our many blessings.