Easter 2015

Easter this year fell on General Conference weekend and my dad's bday. I feel like I hardly got to hear conference. I was a little late that morning getting back from the store so I missed the beginning. Then it kept cutting out. We don't have cable but we can watch byu tv live from our roku and we get mormon channel on their two. Both stream it live. I tried restarting the router but it just would not work. We had issues Sunday too. It would pause a ton and we'd be a few min behind. If you'd exit out and try to get back there would be a new speaker so you never got to hear the other. Thank goodness for being able to access is all again later. Because I feel like we missed A LOT! Plus the kids. Never helps. Sat afternoon I didn't see any because Charlotte and I were helping my parents trim trees and haul branches. It was a lot of work and made it back just in time for Scott to go watch priesthood at his parent's house. Our house is too crazy and plus we were having the streaming issues. So we did the eggs Sat night and I was exhausted and kind of dreading it. The kids had a hard time going to sleep. But they finally did and I was able to get to bed before midnight. That's like 3 hours past my bedtime! :)

The easter bunny led the kids on a scavenger hunt that morning to find their baskets. They both got a little bit of candy and a big set of sidewalk chalk to share. Charlotte got an Elsa and Anna doll with dresses from the Frozen Fever cartoon and Jack got some cars. My brother in law, Rick, came over to watch conference but like I mentioned, it was kind of useless. We did eat good though. I made some yummy food so that at least made it a little better. After conference was over we all went down to my parents to celebrate my dad's bday and Easter. We did an easter egg hunt for the kids. My parent's yard is great for it. Tons of hiding spots. When they're older I'm so expanding it further out. Think of all the possibilities with 5 acres and a barn! We can make it a lot tougher! It was a really good evening and the weather was so nice.

Of course the real reason we celebrate can't be forgotten. We have the most amazing brother in the entire world. He loves us so much that he was willing to suffer the pains and afflictions of everyone who has lived, is living and will live. He was treated worse than any normal criminal. He wasn't just tied to a cross. He was nailed to it. Then left there to die. He went through all that pain and all that suffering so we don't have to and so we can live again. Talk about selfless! He is amazing. He is my best friend and the only person who truly understands me and my struggles. Since moving up to Utah I knew that things would never be the same with my friends. I think the night I got engaged was when I knew it most. I just had the most exciting thing happen. I had been hurt a lot over the years and finally found this amazing guy who loved me so much for me. When we were officially engaged I called my friends and the response I got was pretty unexpected. Lack of excitement and asked if they could call back later because they were all together playing a game. That was hard. I was so glad I had found Scott but really felt like I lost my friends and it hasn't been the same since. I will be surprised if I do actually see any of them again. I did have a some friends come out for the wedding which was nice because we really don't have much by way of family so I felt like I had at least some people I knew there. But that is something I've struggled with a lot over the years. Losing contact with the people I was closest to my whole life. I stopped calling and leaving messages. They never called back. So I gave up. Sometimes I still feel lonely because I don't have friends (minus Scott who is my bff!) but whenever I start to feel that way, I think of my Savior and all he had to go through and I can feel him there for me. He is ALWAYS there for me. He listens to me and he helps me and I can't wait to be back in his arms someday!

So Easter was great. Our Savior is amazing. And I am so thankful for the Atonement. I am so far from perfect but the Atonement helps me to make myself a little better one day at a time. Line upon line right? Below are pics from the kids easter egg hunt. They loved it but Charlotte wouldn't let me take any pictures of her. She was just too busy for that nonsense!

This is Princess. She is my sister's dog. She is so sweet and quiet and kind of funny because she's slightly socially retarded. Haha! She lived in a shelter for a while and is kind of afraid of stuff but loves kids and loves other dogs and is just the easiest going dog ever.

This is Jetta who is also socially retarded in some senses. She likes to be alpha and sometimes doesn't like Princess being around. She thinks of herself as the one and only and likes to show he alpha status around Princess. She's funny. She is afraid of little girls. We think a little girl must have traumatized her growing up. She doesn't always know how to act around other dog. She's not sure how to play with them. She just does not want to appear to be the weak one. She is cute though and we love our Jetta dog.

Uncle Eric let Jack wear his glasses. He thought he was pretty cool.