In Lieu Of .....

Because I missed the Saturday Soup and we had a GREAT weekend with my in-laws (we already miss you guys, come back!!) I'll be doing the Soup in lieu of Tidbit Tuesday today! We started off our long weekend with Easter Egg dying. We write everyone's name on at least one egg so they can go and hunt for it.Then we were able to enjoy the super nice weather on Saturday. Sam went golfing with the boys and loved it - Jack went shopping with the girls and hasn't quit talking about the "to die for shirt" I got since! We also finally put Sam and Jack's Gator together and Sam is amazingly careful and cruises around the yard with no problem. He also found the ginormous box to be a lot of fun too! Putting the Gator together turned out to be mad science as Shawn and his dad started out without the instructions at first; and then had to unscrew and re-do their work when they ran a few screws short!
Easter Sunday, the Easter Bunny braved the cold wind and hid the eggs outside - and Sam got a HUGE payoff for collecting all of his eggs. Seriously it was more like Christmas than Easter! I hope that Sam doesn't get the wrong idea about Easter - but when Grandma is in town the boys get pretty spoiled. Sam got a big boy bike called the VAPORIZER!! (and you have to say it with a really super-hero like voice for the full effect) and he loves it. He also got a cool laptop computer and Cars race track from Grandma and Grandpa. Jack got a fun helicopter toy and loved chewing on the candy carrot and basket filling! YUM!
Shawn and Jake - his not so "little" brother!

We had a yummy Easter dinner of leg of lamb, new potatoes and peas, and asparagus! We also had people come and look at the house; so that was encouraging! No one's made an offer, but at least we've had some nibbles! Thanks Kelly, Julie, and Jake for coming out - we had a great time!!!




Finally I saw this great clip on my friend Jennilyn's blog, and like her loved this talk given by Elder Holland. It really helps to put the Easter season into proper perspective. I am so grateful for the atonement and the sacrifice that was made for me. Happy Belated - Easter everyone!