Easter 2011

We had a fun Easter this year. I love this time of year especially in Idaho because after a long cold winter the first signs of spring finally start to arrive. Not in Texas though we have been enjoying our beautiful spring weather for over a month now. I especially love Easter because I can reflect on the great sacrifice my Savior made for me. I was so emotional yesterday all during church thinking about what He did for us, to atone for our sins so we could live again. I can't even begin to imagine the pain and suffering He went through and all because of His great love for each and every one of us. I just hope Cory and I are helping our kids see past the candy and bunnies to know the true meaning of Easter. I don't think we succeeded this year but hopefully next year Kallon will understand more. We did have fun dyeing eggs, going to egg hunts, and finding Easter baskets Sunday morning. Friday night our ward had an Easter Social at a member of our bishopric's home. It was a gorgeous home out in the country with a small lake in the backyard and lots of room to run around. The kids had a great time trying to find all their eggs at this fun place. Saturday night we dyed Easter eggs. Kate was overly tired and wanted nothing to do with it and Kallon was too impatient to let his eggs sit long enough to be dyed. We also discovered brown eggs don't dye so well, oh well. Sunday morning Kallon was up bright and early as usual but we made him wait until Kate was up to find their baskets. After a small search they each found their own baskets. In an effort to keep the candy to a minimum we I decided that they would get a small toy to hide the fact that there wasn't much candy in the basket. It seemed to work. No one complained that they didn't have a lot of candy. Kallon was too busy with his new "hot-mo-wheels" track and Kate was torn with the decision of which princess dress to wear, Rapunzel or Belle. She ultimately decided she likes the Rapunzel dress better because its pink! She is definitely turning into such a girl. To end the night we were able to Skype with family. It was a great Easter weekend.

Zoo

A few weeks ago for Spring Break the fam and I headed up to the Waco Zoo. I did not have very high expectations,but it turned out to be a fun day. The zoo was actually really fun and the kids had a great time! Kallon liked the playground, lions and the giraffes, in that order. Kate L-O-V-E-D the little spider monkeys. At the end of the day we were at the playground inside the zoo grounds and had lost track of Kate. Guess where we found her...at the monkey cage, good thing it was right next to the playground. The best part of the day was of course dinner at Rudy's and frozen yogurt at Orange Cup. I was sad when we left San Antonio that I would never again have an Orange Cup frozen delight. When I saw it as we were driving to the zoo I got so excited and knew we were going to have to make a special stop. Seriously if you have not tried it you need to, so good! Anyways it was nice to get out and have a fun family day they are few and far between with Cory's school schedule so we knew we had to take advantage.





Kate making a love connection with the monkey.


Kallon could have played here all day.


Checking out the elephants.


This is why Cory doesn't take the pictures....cut off heads. :)