What a Happy Easter Indeed.

Why do I start out my Easter post with a picture of my brother-in-law Matt in a mini-van?? Well because if you know Matt, you know something must be wrong if he is driving a mini-van. Nothings wrong. He just got engaged to the mini-van...

Actually the mini-van's driver! Her name is Heather Todd, and we are so excited to welcome her and her 3 children (Lissy, Spencer, and Michaela) into our family. They got engaged on Friday and announced it to all of us at the Easter party. I am really happy for Matt, because he is so happy. I am happy for Logan and Mason because they are so happy too! So now you will know who they "new" people are in my pictures from family parties!! With that introduction, I will proceed with Easter... Saturday morning the kids slept in, Jeremy went off to a Scout Pow Wow, and then as soon as he got back we headed out to my parents for an Easter Party! We started off with a delicious Baked Potato! My mom always makes this cute bread bunny!!

The we took the opportunity to take a few pictures... A family picture minus my brother's family who couldn't come. =(

The kids trying so hard to pose for a picture... but just ended up crashing!! They were all laughing so hard! From bottom to top: Spencer, Mason, Logan, Michaela, Boston, Hadley, and Lissy.

We did an Egg Toss! The egg's weren't breaking on the grass, so we headed out to the driveway...they didn't last long after that!

We played Bunny Tag

Don't Eat Peter Rabbit! I Love this game. Boston was doing so good then he stopped and said I'm done. He was to afraid of everyone yelling don't eat peter rabbit! Hopefully he'll enjoy it next year. Hadley loved the game because it involved eating M&M's!

Played Easter Bingo!

Then it was off to the Egg Hunt! I love how my Mom and Dad do this. Each kid has their own color to hunt for! Hadley loved finding all of her PINK eggs!

Boston did a fabulous job finding his eggs this year! So much fun!

I just love egg hunts! After the kids were done, they hid some eggs for us adults to find! They did a pretty good job of hiding them!!

The kids had so much fun playing together. Here is the little drummers!

Lissy was so nice to push Boston and Hadley on the swings. Hadley has been waiting all winter to swing on Grandma and Grandpa's swings!

We then celebrated Matt's Birthday with my Mom's heavenly Oreo/ice cream dessert! YUM!

By the time we got home, it was late and the kids were so tired. But we decided to let them open their Easter Baskets anyways.

We like to get them something fun, and something spiritual. Boston and Hadley got some picture scripture story books.

They also got their own Book of Mormons! Or is it Book's of Mormon??

Boston LOVES his new baseball mitt and ball! He is practicing hard for his first t-ball season that will be starting in June! He can't wait! The kid's a natural. We were practicing fielding grounders and he did it like he had been doing it for years.

Hadley loves her new basketball! See the tiredness. That's why I don't have to many pictures of the Easter Baskets.

These are some Bunny Sweet Rolls I made. Looked cute, tasted ok. I am NOT the best bread maker that is for sure!

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Easter Sunday was wonderful. I love doing all the "worldly" stuff on Saturday so we can focus all of Easter Sunday on the Savior. I was able to be a part of a wonderful sharing time about the resurrection. My testimony was once again strengthened of the reality that my Savior Lives. That he lived a perfect life, atoned for our sins, and was killed on the cross. But that was not the end. On Easter morn, he rose from the grave, conquering death. I love having a testimony of a living Savior, because it gives me the knowledge I need to know that I will see my sister Natalia again. I am so grateful for a loving Savior who has given me such a priceless gift of living with my family forever, if I live worthy of that privilege. What a Happy Easter indeed.