Easter

Happy Easter everyone!

We had a busy but very fun weekend. Unfortunately, my camera is getting more impossible to use all the time, so I have hardly any pictures of our weekend. At least I'll write about it so we can remember it that way!

The fun started Friday night when we were invited to a 'Good Friday' dinner at our friends' house. Everyone brought something 'mediterranean.' I had no idea what to bring, so my helpful friend, Laurie, gave me a great recipe for Taboulleh, which was very easy to make and turned out really good. It was fun to try so many unique and different foods, most of which I had never even heard of before.

Saturday morning we woke up bright and early to set up for the Easter egg hunt we organized. (Thanks, Juli, for doing that in Lehi and giving us the inspiration!) We kept waiting to hear about a ward or neighborhood egg hunt, but when we finally realized that nothing had been planned, we decided to do it ourselves. :) We only started organizing it on Tuesday, so we were pleasantly surprised and happy when we had 25 kids participate. We held the hunt at a local park. The kids each found plenty of eggs and afterward we enjoyed a yummy pot-luck breakfast. It was a ton of fun; I think it's destined to become an annual event.

We got home Saturday morning in time to settle in and enjoy the opening session of General Conference. Fortunately, Katelee was surprisingly good during the first session of conference, thanks to the coloring pages and activities we printed off lds.org. Unfortunately, she finished them all during the first session of conference, and the other sessions proved to be a bit more of a challenge. :) Then last night, while Gerald went to the priesthood session, Katelee and I and some other friends were invited to our friend Tiffany's new home for a potluck dinner, visiting, playing and egg dying. It was great to see Tiffany and her new place and Katelee especially loved coloring her eggs!

The Easter bunny also came on Saturday. He hid Katelee's basket under the desk (is that the same place he hid it last year? I feel a trend beginning...) She loved finding all the candy he brought, and the new flip flops, watering can and sandbox toys.

Today we had a wonderful Easter. We read the Easter story aloud, listened to conference, and made a yummy dinner that we shared with the missionaries and our nice upstairs neighbors. Overall, it's been a fun and memorable weekend. We are so happy to have this occasion to celebrate our Savior, Jesus Christ, and his resurrection.

Katelee last week in her new Easter dress. Isn't she beautiful? Thanks, mom, for shortening the hem!