Happy Easter!

Happy Easter. The day has finally come. This morning I was was ready to put aside all the “commercialism” to Easter and really remember what the holiday was really about. Not that the Easter Egg hunting and the Bunnies aren’t cute but I am grateful for the Real  holiday and what it stands for. I was grateful today to have the opportunity to teach about the Holy Week to the Young Women. It gave me a chance to learn and reflect on the Savior’s life and all that he suffered and gave up for me. I love this holiday and all that means. Today was a good day.

The kids before Church!

Being silly as usual:)

And of course…. I couldn’t resist giving the kids a Small… modest Easter Basket after church. They had plenty of candy already:)

Hope Everyone had a Wonderful Easter Weekend!

Another Egg Hunt

This morning we went with Grandma Theresa and Grandpa Mark to another Easter Egg hunt. The kids had a great time.

 

Before the egg hunt began I had to distract Chloe from all the eggs with some Crackers I had in my bag… Thank goodness or I would have had a lot of dirty looks from parents when she started to grab eggs before everyone else! She was so excited! Connor and Chloe’s ages were separated into 2 different sections so I stuck with Chloe while Grandpa Mark took Connor.

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When the time finally came to go, Chloe was all about it… slowly but surely she filled the ENTIRE basket… so big she could barely carry it. But she was determined. I heard that in Connor’s age group the eggs were gone in a blink of an eye.. Chloe had more time. She inspected each egg and gently placed it in her basket. She loved it! They had a great time. Thank you Grandma and Poppa!

 

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until next year…. Happy Easter!

Easter Egg hunting

This morning was our Annual Neely Ward Easter Egg hunt. This is our 3rd year and it’s something the kids love every year! Of course. Sorry my pictures aren’t great… It was super bright and I was trying to keep up with Chloe the entire time… She was serious about her eggs!!!  The kids had a blast. When they said Go Connor was off and I didn’t see him until his basket was full. He did great! Chloe was just a quick. She was so antsy the entire time! She loved it!!

Chloe was getting upset seeing all the eggs she couldn’t touch yet…. She cheated a little bit and had a chocolate when I wasn’t looking … sneaky little girl!

Side note: I decorated Connor’s shirt…. I did some Freezer paper stenciling. I made Connor 2 shirts and Chloe 2 shirts. Connor liked his traffic light shirt. Turned out cute.

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It was a fun morning!!

long time coming…

I thought I would type this post over a week ago… but this project took me a little longer to finish. A little over 2 weeks ago I started the daunting project of refinishing our deck. I took all the furniture off, moved our plant pots and started cleaning and sanding. Kiel chipped in and helped re-secure some of the posts. After the 24 hour drying time I started in on the staining!! I had to work around the rain that was coming one of the weekends so that set me back a couple of days… but finally piece by piece I finished it! It’s still not perfect… it’s an old deck but I think this has helped and will keep it looking nice for much longer! So here’s some pictures!

With the furniture off and I had sanded as much as I could….

This is after the Cleaning spray with the power washer!

2 coats of stain later….

Add some furniture and Wha*La! Finished April 21, 2011. Yeah!

 

Ready for summer!