Easter

I was able to go up to Idaho with Stephanie and her family. It was fun to be home....I hadn't been home since Thanksgiving, so it was way over due!!

Saturday, we went the the Arimo Easter Egg hunt. Each adult took a kid to gather up the eggs, they each got 17. Inside there is candy, and if you are superly lucky, you might find a number hidden inside. So, I was paired up with Aimee. As we were gathering eggs, I kept suggesting that maybe we should spread it out, but Aimee kept finding the eggs, and couldn't resist picking them all up. To be honest, I was worried that she wouldn't get anything.....and so we opened them one by one.....and we got FOUR numbers!! One of them happened to be a girl's bike!! I was the lucky charm ;0) LOL! She was such a sweet heart, and even gave her brother and sister a prize. And little Jenna won her own prize, sidewalk chalk!! You can just imagine how colorful my parent's sidewalk was before the weekend was over.



Later that night we went to an Easter Cantata. Sis. Janice Kapp Perry wrote it. Her husband was there with her. It was fun to meet the woman who wrote so many songs that helped my testimony to grow in primary. A funny side note: each kid fell asleep.....Mom had Aimee on her lap with Jared leaned up against her. I had Alyssa in my lap. But Jenna was wide awake the whole time. They were so cute.

Then we went home to color eggs, and leave out Trix for the Easter Bunny.





Sunday was absolutely fantastic!! My Mom taught the Relief Society lesson on "Valiant for the Cause of Christ". She does such a great job, and teaches by the Spirit. By the time it was over, I had tears streaming down my face, along with many others. I am so grateful for her testimony and for her strength that she has given to me. She is a rock, on which I have leaned on many times. Later that night, her and I went to a fireside by Janice Kapp Perry. We had decided the kids had enough, they were such troopers. I am grateful that I was able to go with her though. Once again, there was something that I was suppose to hear. Sis. Perry was so personable and gave such a great talk. She had me laughing while the next second, I was tearing up. She has served a couple of missions with her husband =0) Throughout the talk, she sang a few of the songs that she had composed. One was even her family theme song....her cute little husband even did a dance on the side....it shocked even her!! LOL!

The next day we went to the Hills Air Force Museum, where we were able to see some of the same models of jets that my Dad had worked on, the F4 phantom. It is hard for me to remember that he served there. One of these days I will have to go with him and hear about all of his experiences.

Thanks, Mom and Dad for a great time!! I love ya both so much =0) and thanks, Stephanie for letting me come with you. You have a great family!!