Easter Bunnies

This little bunny was prejudice against all eggs not pink. Cozette ran right by eggs of various colors. We were incredulous. 

Brad yelled to her, "Cozette, you're missing some eggs!"

"They're not pink, Daddy!"

Brad looked at me with an expression of complete unbelief!

She finally realized if she wanted more candy, she needed to consider all of the colors.  

On Easter morning, she loved pulling each item out of her Easter basket and aligning them on the kitchen table. Two of her treats were a princess brush and a princess puzzle. Later when she was playing with them, she looked at me and Brad with a perplexed expression and said, "Maybe the Easter bunny hopped on over to Target to get these for me!"

Susie was too busy to let me take her picture. I am glad that I was able to capture her in this one.  She loved wearing her bunny ears. She and Cozette are partners in crime! And I must admit they get away with it, because of their cuteness!

Kayleigh said if she lives to be 99 years old that she will never be too big to go on an Easter egg hunt! I told all of the cousins that I was amazed at how much candy they received.

I love this picture of my sister gazing with pure joy at Isaac. It's a perfect picture with the Savior in the background.

I am very grateful for the celebration of His resurrection and a sure knowledge that He lives!

Important Events

There are some notable events that I need to blog about. Springtime has arrived and it seems that we become busier during this season. I do not want to forget about some of the wonderful things that have been going on.

Kayleigh left us for the sunny beaches of Gulf Shores, Alabama over spring break, so Everett, Cozette, and I had a great time spending the week together. One of the highlights of the week was spending the day with Mommom and Papa at the Yellow River Game Ranch. What was most memorable was visiting our old house. My family lived there for almost 17 years. I came home to this house for the first time in 1987, when I was a freshman in college. This is not the house of my childhood, but it was a kindred home, a place that greeted me every summer break of college, it was a place of refuge when I returned home very sick from my mission, and I distinctly remember sleeping in my room for the very last time-- the night before I married Brad.

Kayleigh and Everett loved this house too, and they always looked forward to spending time with their Mommom and Papa. The rock garden was  special place where Mommom spent many hours playing with them. They had picnic lunches and played all sorts of fun games.

  
 Bill, Shirley, Barbara, and Mary-faith came to visit the weekend Everett received the Aaronic Priesthood. The kids go crazy at the hotel they stay at. It seems that our time with them is always too short.

    There are some things a person never forgets. Seeing my son pass the sacrament for the first time left an indelible impression upon my soul. And I will never forget the joy we all felt that day. A dear friend of our family recently told my mom that she was so touched at watching Everett pass the sacrament, that she cried off and on all day that Sunday. I later told Raelle that her experience was the sweetest thing I had ever heard.  

And lastly...

Today was the Easter party for Cozette's preschool. We enjoyed spending the morning at Betsy's house. The little children were so excited for the Easter egg hunt.  I do believe one of my favorite things about springtime is watching children hunt Easter eggs!

Serious little egg hunters!

Boys Night Out

It's possible, no actually, it's probable that I was more excited for this B.N.O. even more than the boys were. Everett joined his Daddy and Papa for his first priesthood session of General Conference. Brad has been anxiously awaiting for the past six months for them to attend together. When they returned home, Everett immediately reported to me that he did his best to pay attention.

"Tell me all about it, Everett!"

Everett proceeded to tell me about a great rugby story and that President Monson spoke about living in the world and not being of the world.

" Mom, that was a very long meeting, he truthfully admitted."

The boys then undressed as quickly as possible, so they could play sports games on Everett's new game system for the rest of the evening.

The world would be a better place if every B.N.O. could be so wholesome.