Yesterday was a crazy busy day for us. One of Nate's friends from church had a baptism & birthday party that we went to, and for some crazy reason I had a dental appointment scheduled on the day before Easter (not sure what I was thinking there). So by the time that normal Saturday errands were done, plus our extras, plus time for Dan to prepare his lesson & time for me to finish my sharing time preparations - getting ready for Easter happened REALLY late. Dan and I started for bed at 1am at which time Kassie decided to wake up (we still have no clue what her deal was) - & stay up until almost 3am, hence my sub-title. As I crawled back into bed thoughts of the craziness of the day ahead of me (40+ sugared up kids in primary) seemed more than I was going to be able to handle. Nate & Abbie were up at 6:15 anxious to see if the Easter Bunny had stopped by. After a supervised (to control sugar intake) egg hunt we started to get ready for church. Church went surprisingly well. The girls looked adorable in their matching dresses (yea no pictures - sorry, I'm blaming it on lack of sleep - I didn't even realize I hadn't taken pictures until we were home & everyone was changed out of their church clothes). My sharing time was good fun - I wish I had brought my camera (again thought about it way too late) - baby goats in Primary - yea there's a story here - another day perhaps, and I think I got my message across - bonus! They had fun & learned something at the same time - the perfect combination for all! After church the kids played with the treats/toys that had been left for them. Abbie has re-hidden the eggs several times so far & in her words she's "practicing to be an Easter Bunny. I've got to learn more about finding eggs so I can be a good Easter Bunny mom" Ummm - ok. Nate humors her & will go find them all again, when he's not busy assembling legos and Kassie has had a great time with the eggs in general. She's still trying to figure out what all the tasty treats are that brother & sister are so intent on - no luck for her yet. Just empty eggs to play with - but so far she's ok with that. Not much new really just a nice day with the family. Celebrating a very special day. Here are a couple of the pictures I was able to get.
Cassie and her basket of eggs - it's a little low in this shot - she kept dumping them out - we'd pick them up , she'd dump them out again. A great game for an 8 month old.
Abbie got some new sun glasses in her Easter Basket - they are pink so she loved them. Nate had just asked a favor of Abbie a minute before I snapped this photo, she put on her sunglasses pulled them half way down her nose, looked over the glasses at him and let him know "I am very busy with my own things can you please stop bothering me?" Well at least she asked nicely??? What an attitude she's got - 5 going on a sassy 16.
Well it's movie time. We are going to watch Disney's Robin Hood as a family. Time to be done for tonight.
Today I am grateful that for an elder brother who loved me enough to do what it took for it to be possible for me to be with my family forever. A love so unconditional, a sacrifice so selfless that I may never completely comprehend. A gift I cherish always, but on this special Easter Day, a reminder of just how invaluable a gift I've been given.
