I LOOOOOOVVVVVEEEEEEEE EASTER!!!

I absolutely love Easter.  I also unfortunately love Cadbury eggs.  I would like to meet the sheer genius who invented these yummy, calorie filled treats, which are making my workouts absolutely miserable and I may need a program to ween me off of them.  

All that aside Easter was wonderful.  Our neighbors invited us to do a Easter Egg hunt last Saturday, but was canceled due to the UGLY, ANNOYING weather.  We changed it to this previous Saturday, and although it was a little cold, it worked out perfect.  

Since Madeline is only one I thought she would not be that into the whole Easter Egg hunt part, but I was pleasantly surprised.  She was actually excited to grab the eggs and put them in her basket.  Our friends Brittany and Matt were nice enough to donate their Elmo basket to us.  If anyone knows Madeline, they know how much she loves Elmo.  Ever since the hunt she has been playing with her plastic eggs and her basket all day long.  She even had to have her eggs in her bath with her today.  

After the hunt we went to Brittany and Matt's to dye eggs.  It is definitely not a talent I have, but I do enjoy it.  Easter is so beautiful and meaningful.  It is Spring time.  Time to Spring forward and start anew.  And of course the most important time to remember what our Savior did for us.  I thought it was so cute.  My neighbor came over and told me that she knew Saturday would be ugly and then Easter Sunday would be beautiful.  She said that it is always like that, that the day our Lord resurrected was and is always beautiful and it is definitely not just chance that has led it to be that way.  We are of different faiths, however that does not matter at all.  I love how individuals of different faiths can come together and acknowledge the Sacrifice and Atonement, which our Lord did for each and everyone of us.

On Friday, the day before the hunt, I got to host Activity Days for the young girls in our church. I love this calling and these girls.  They are a stronger example to me than I probably am to them.  Anyways, we spoke about Easter, why we celebrate it and the significance of what Jesus did for us on the cross and through his resurrection.  We had a nice talk.  I remember reading a scripture, sorry I don't have the reference on hand, but it mentioned how every hair on our head is accounted for by our Heavenly Father.  I loved it!  He loves us so much, that every piece of us, hair and all, is accounted for.  Maybe that is why I am having such a hard time trying to convince myself to cut a little bit off of Madeline's mohawk, mullet.   

Anyways, Easter Sunday was great as well.  We went to church, I made some ham with pineapple, and then we went and had some dessert with our friends Sami and John. Yummiest carrot cake ever.  It was so nice to have some friends to spend the day with.  We get lonely without our families at times here in Utah, so it made our day more complete.

What a wonderful Day!!!

Just some babble and some pics.

I first wanted to say thank you to all of you who participated in the pee pee poll.  I was honestly surprised to find that many people who pee in the shower.  28 to 12 is pretty dang impressive.

So, I always use the cop-out that I am just not the creative type. I look at a lot of my girl friends and I admire their creations so much. I have friends who are amazing photographers, I have some who create the most beautiful clothing and other types of arts. I could write a list of all the things many of my friends can do, but it would be a little too long for this post. I love people who embrace their talents and run with them. I think for me at times the fear of failure stops me from using my creative abilities. Although I am not the artsy type I do have creative abilities which I really need to expand on, otherwise they are such a waist. Click here to listen to this short exert about creativity. I've posted the whole talk in the past, but this short little part of the speech does the trick. It really inspired me today and I wanted to share it with all of you.

So, Madeline got her pics taken with the Easter bunny. I also have some pics of her playing in the water. This little girl amazes me every day. She is our own personal ray of sunshine. WE ARE SO BLESSED!  Oh and please don't throw up when you look at my white pasty legs.  Blame it on UT who likes to tease us with the sun and then rip it away!