Easter

Normally we go camping every Easter weekend. However, rain and thunderstorms kept us home this year. Instead of camping, we got to participate in all our friend/ward Easter activities instead.

Some families from our elementary school got together Friday morning at a local park and we organized a picnic lunch and Easter egg hunt. All the kids play together well, so it was nice to catch up with parents.

Tanner went to a local high school's playoff game, which kept him happy. On Saturday, we went to our ward's Easter activity and then Ashton and Tanner had birthday parties to attend at the trampoline park.

One of Tanner's favorite young men in our ward recently started his mission. He did the "at home MTC" for two weeks, which means Tanner got to see him a few times as a missionary. He left for Germany this week and his family is moving to Utah this summer. This means we won't see him when he comes home. Tanner is pretty sad. The young man donated all of his kicking equipment (he was the starting kicker/punter for the local high school) to Tanner.

Gemma's preschool had an Easter egg activity Thursday morning. She had lots of fun trying to find the eggs with her names on them. Her teachers are much more patient with her than I am.

We also tried to do more Easter-focused activities at home. We skipped Easter baskets again. I haven't done one for a few years. The kids don't seem the mind. I made some cool sensory play dough kits for the long weekend and they enjoyed those. On Easter Sunday, I did a small activity with the kids to focus on the events that led up to the resurrection. My hope is the kids understand a little bit more about Easter.