The celebration of Easter hits home a little more this year with the recent passing of Bryce (my little brother). It is wonderful to be reminded of the resurrection and the blessings and happiness we can continually enjoy through the plan of salvation. This is a great time to teach our kids what we believe about the gospel plan and what will happen to us after we die. Natalie has posted a different picture each day this past week representing each of the last seven days of Christ's life. We've explained to the kids what happened on that day and why we care. Today we had a very special meeting at church and we have just really enjoyed a peaceful feeling this week.
We’ve also enjoyed some of the “fun” things that accompany this holiday season. Last week we enjoyed a two day general conference for the LDS church where we were able to hear the prophet and 12 apostles speak.
Easter Egg hunting. Last Friday Natalie and I found a babysitter and went to an “adult” Easter egg hunt here in the community. There were a lot of people there and our inexperience showed as we were only able to retrieve 12 eggs between the two of us (of the 3000 that were out). We did win some free food and our big win was a free session of acupuncture. If anyone wants that let us know :). We were just thrilled to be on a date and participated in the pre-hunt activities, winning second place in the sack race and winning a t-shirt (to some local Irish pub) for quick reactions to a request made of the d.j. We’re planning on returning next year with the goal of finding 20 eggs.
Eli went on a egg hunt yesterday with the Primary and was thrilled to get a little candy and Natalie was happy to see so many of her Primary friends. We'll have a family easter egg hunt tomorrow after we buy all the discounted holiday candy (another favorite tradition).
Monster pillows. Eli, like many children, has been very attached to a blanket he’s had since he was born. We’ve indulged him and let him wear it threadbare. It’s about gone and he’s been going through missing pains already so Natalie decided to replace it with something slightly smaller and cooler. So she’s spent the last few week creating monster pillows for Eli and Sharon and gave them to them this morning. They are awesome and the kids love them (and I’m jealous that I didn’t get one).
Daddy date. On Tuesday this week I took Eli on a “dad date” to the Banneker center. There we met a bunch of other random dads and sons from the community and we made “stuff.” There was scrap wood, building supplies (saws, hammers, glue, etc.), and painting materials available. Eli and I decided to be a little different (most dads help their sons make recognizable objects like toy trains). We took the coolest scraps we could find and pieced them together into a time machine named Frank. Eli was quite proud of his work and many of the other dads and sons were quite impressed with his creativity. We’re going to try to do a similar “date” this coming week… maybe we’ll make a boring train.
First date anniversary. Natalie and I went on our first date six years ago today. For that date we went hiking and got sandwiches at Gandolfo’s. So this year we got fancy grinders/subs/whatever-you-call-em sandwiches yesterday to eat as leftovers today and we’ll go hiking sometime soon (we hike every year to celebrate). Note: the picture below isn't from our first date, but from our 2nd week (6th or 7th date)... As good looking as Natalie was then, she's even better looking now.
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Nat: Those are cool pillows. YOu are very creative.
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