Easter Sunday

I feel my Savior's love

Lacey & Ben, 7 & 3

In all the world around me

His spirit warms my soul,

The boys

Through everything I see.

The girls

He knows I will follow Him,

Ben, age 3

give all my life to Him.

Madi, age 13

I feel my Savior's love,

Katie, age 10

The love He freely gives me.

Lacey, age 7

Highlights of the day -

• Early morning egg hunt
• Daddy's homemade whole wheat waffles for breakfast
• Gathering as a family to read scriptures about Christ and discuss his last week on earth
• New Easter outfits to wear to church
• Ben's orange linen shirt and green tie from Children's Place
  
• Beautiful weather
• Brad, LaRae, and Madi singing in the ward choir
• Katie and Lacey singing "I am a Child of God" and " I Feel My Savior's Love" with the Primary children
• Delicious Dinner (ham, prime rib, Jared's twice-baked potatoes, homemade rolls, salad, veggies, & Nothing Bundt Cake - YUM) with my parents, 3 brothers, and their families
• Knowing that we didn't have to get to bed early because our school was giving us one more day of spring break! - Monday off - Yay!
  

Downsides to the day -

• Ben's mysterious illness that started at about 11:30 am and was gone the next morning - that caused a very glassy-eyed look, fever, tummy ache, headache, and ear ache (though you wouldn't know by the pictures - the symptoms were a lot worse earlier in the day - with the exception of the ear ache that came on after dinner).
  
• Finding out 20 minutes before Relief Society started that the presidency was expecting me to teach (major mis-communication here) - but I did pull it off : )!
• Being told that dinner was at 5:30 - rushing to get rolls & veggies made by then, after getting home from church at 4:20 - only to find out that dinner was really at 6:00-6:15 (my parents were definitely on 2 different pages here!)
• As usual, too much candy!