Hoppy Easter!

We had a great Easter weekend together.

On Saturday we enjoyed the "Easter Bunny" traditions- baskets with yummy chocolate candies and dying Easter eggs. I found really helpful egg dippers this year. They look like two spoons hooked together like scissors and decorated like a bunny. It made putting in the eggs and getting them out MUCH easier. The decorated eggs didn't last long. Our boys promptly started making them into "egg boats." Deviled eggs with a toothpick mast and cheese sail. David and Andrew enjoyed making them more than eating them though, so they kept trying to give them away as "samples."

 

On Sunday, we enjoyed celebrating the true meaning of Easter. We talked about our Savior's last week on Earth. We had an egg hunt with objects inside the eggs that represent events from that week. I am always impressed when we do this how calm and attentive they are! I was so lucky to go to Israel a few years ago. When I was there, I bought a crown of thorns and a replica model of the Garden Tomb. I love to share these with them and show them pictures. It was a very special experience to be at the Garden Tomb in Jerusalem.

I watched this new video with Andrew, and got to spend time with him preparing a talk he was giving in Primary. This talk stood out to me during General Conference. I love how heart felt his testimony is and the beautiful way he explains our Savior's sacrifice for us.

What a difference a Decade makes!

 

My oldest is now ten!! It's amazing to think back on all that's happened in the last ten years, yet it seems like it has gone so fast! He's ten already!!

 

He is now tall enough to drive race cars. He's proudly showing off his drivers license- he'll be 16 all too soon!

Egg-periment

Before I got busy with Spring Break, I made another Digital Scrapbook page using Beth's new kit Joanne's Eggs. Everything I used is from the kit and I used a free template from here which made it super fast.

My page doesn't even scratch the surface of the kit. I just saw the eggs and the splat and knew I had to scrap this memory!!! Aren't 18-month olds so fun!

The kit is amazingly unique. Not the typical Easter kit. It showcases her mom's pysanky art. The eggs are AMAZING! I missed an opportunity to go to a class taught by Beth's mom to make an egg... I'm kicking myself now. They are beautiful! At least now I have them in digital format- I can still create with them. LOL!

Here's some pages that Julia made that beautifully show off the eggs.

 

 

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