The End of March Excitement

Our past few weekends have been filled with fun and excitement. Michael's birthday was on Saturday, March 22. We had a nice day and enjoyed a visit from Michael's parents. They treated us to dinner at the Packard Grille and then we came back and ate birthday pie (Michael's not a big cake fan, so I make him birthday pie instead). The next day, we, along with the rest of the Christian world, celebrated Easter. We had an uplifting and enjoyable church service, and then came home and dyed Easter eggs and had a little Easter egg hunt with Grandpa and Abuelita. It was one of the sillier Easter egg hunts that we've had. We hid all the eggs in fairly simple spots, yet the last 15 minutes of the hunt were spent with me, Michael, and his mom trying to locate the last hardboiled egg. We were quite certain that we'd find it this summer, but we weren't exactly looking forward to those prospects. Eventually we did find it, so no rotten egg smell in the Monday's house this July--Hooray!!! Hyrum especially enjoyed hunting for candy and Easter eggs. He was perfectly content with the first piece of candy that he found. He wasn't exactly interested in doing much of anything else, other than eating that piece of candy. That evening we also had our good friends Jeff and Laura Talbot and their two girls over for Easter dinner. Our kids always have such a great time playing together, and we always have such a fun time talking to them.


With it being Easter, I am reminded of the great and atoning sacrifice of our Savior Jesus Christ. I am so grateful for the life that He lived to show us the way and then His willingness to suffer for our sins in Gethsemane and die for us. I know that He was resurrected on the third day and am so grateful for that peace and knowledge that I have that I can live with my family forever. What a great gift He's given all of us!


Last weekend, we took another trip to Toledo where Michael and I bought new furniture (this was a couch and love seat that we've been eying for nearly a year--our current couch is one that Michael's had since law school--needless to say, we're pretty excited!). We also took the boys the circus. Abuelita came with us and spoiled the boys rotten. They got glow-in-the-dark dolphin necklaces, a pony ride, and an elephant ride! Hyrum was very wiggly, but I think he had a great time too. It was the third circus that the boys and I had ever been to. Our first one (mine too) was last year. Circuses are great. If you haven't been to one, I highly recommend it (I imagine that I am one of only a few people who made it to 32 years old before seeing a circus).