Happy Easter!

We had a very nice Easter. On Saturday, we took the girls to a great egg hunt where they came home with a good number of eggs filled with candy. I was worried that they wouldn't get much. We have been to some where they are lucky to come away with one. This one was great! They even had the Easter bunny. Michaela made sure to move away from the camera; she is getting too old for bunnies!





Sunday, we woke up and had lemon ricotta pancakes and the girls got baskets from Grandma.

Then they opened the ones from us.

Ninny got a new baby doll, she was very happy about it.

One of my favorite parts of Easter is seeing all my girls lined up at church in new dresses.

I bought little gloves for the younger two, and then left them at home! They put them on for pictures at home, though.



Then we had an egg hunt in our yard with our real eggs.

Me and Michaela.

The weather was so nice!

Then my mom and I cooked for two hours, and we had a yummy dinner. Gene and Marlene came down for dinner, and also brought the girls baskets.

Mmmmm, chocolate truffle cake.

A great Easter. I am so grateful for the opportunity to have a day to celebrate the Resurrection and what it means for us as families. We had a great talk in Sacrament meeting today about the time line of Jesus' last days. It was humbling to listen to his sacrifice and suffering and to know he did it for me. We also had a fantastic musical number in Relief Society that brought tears to my eyes as I thought of what He went through. I know we fill much of the holiday with bunnies and candy, but more importantly it gives us a chance to ponder the Atonement and renew our convictions to live worthy of his sacrifice. I love Easter.