Easter

I'm finally catching up on our fun Easter festivities...  Holidays are so much fun with a toddler! The week before Easter, my friend Lauren threw an Easter breakfast in her backyard with pancakes fresh off the griddle, a yummy egg breakfast casserole, and fruit. After we ate and let the kids play around, we went around the corner to a retention basin and had a giant egg hunt. We had all brought a dozen filled eggs, so there were tooonnnnsss to find. Sadie and I still finished off our basket of goodies before we even headed home though... haha.

With her cousin, Jackie

This year, we also heard about an egg hunt going on in downtown Mesa. We went with my friend Jordan and her daughter Jaycee and had an awesome time! We walked from store to store filling up the girls' baskets and even made it there early enough to get a free pre-filled basket donated from Walmart (with barbies, play jewelry, and candy in it). There was a photo booth set up for pictures with the Easter Bunny and I just knew Sadie wouldn't like it so we decided to skip it. Surprisingly though, at the end both her and Jaycee asked to see him so we hopped in line and got the sweetest photos of them! I was shocked!

By the time Easter weekend rolled around, we were on a sugar high. We flew up to Salt Lake to be with our Utah family for the holiday. We enjoyed shopping and a movie together, yummy food as always (thanks Liz), and Sadie had the best time with her cousins Clara and Charlie. We even got to visit some of our close friends and their baby girls for a few hours. It felt like we had never left.

On Saturday afternoon, Will's parents threw an egg hunt in the backyard for the grandkids. They got so many little toys, matching jammies, and of course treats. It's always a fun time at Nana's house! Later that day, we got all dressed up and had family pictures taken by the state capitol. Everything was in bloom and just gorgeous. It had been 5 & 1/2 yrs. since we had a formal family photo taken of Will's side of the family, so it was long overdue. The kids were good sports :)

On Sunday, the kids found the baskets the Easter Bunny had left them and had fun playing with the goodies inside before we went to church. I felt my Heavenly Father's and Savior's love so strongly that Sunday. I'm eternally grateful for His great atoning sacrifice and giving us the means to be with our family after death. I can't imagine going through life without that knowledge.

It was a wonderful Easter!