On Easter Day the veil between time and eternity thins to gossamer. ~Douglas Horton

Easter is always a fun time at our house.  The FHE before Easter we usually make resurrection biscuits and talk about The Atonement and Christ's resurrection.  The Saturday before Easter we decorate Easter Eggs and the mood in the house is full of joy.  I always like to take a little time for myself and think about Christ's sacrifice that he made for me and if I am doing the best that I can to make it worth His while. 

This year I tried to choose an egg dying kit that was for boys and for girls and I found the perfect one.  It was called princess' and pirates.  The colors ranged from very girly pink to very boy gray.  Right before we dyed the Easter eggs I went to get them out of the fridge and when I opened the door I dropped them onto the ground and cracked all but one of them.  It made it so the dye didn't just get on the eggshell but on the egg itself. 

Before Tyler went to bed he asked me what time he could wake me up in the morning to start the egg hunt.  I told him eight o'clock and he was so sweet he let me sleep in until 8:20.  Nate worked the graveyard shift (10:45-6:45) and just did not have the energy in the morning to get out of bed to watch the egg hunt or go to church (he forgot that Natalie was speaking in sacrament meeting).  So he missed out on it.  The Easter Bunny hid all of the kids baskets also so they had to find their baskets before they could even start looking for eggs.  The kids didn't get a huge stash (the bunny likes to give them about as much candy as they can eat in one or two days and that is it).  They each got a little carton of gum, a cadbury egg, peeps, and a baby bottle pop sucker.  They also got to find 12 eggs. The eggs are clearly marked with their initial, (what a cleaver Easter Bunny), so they can only find the ones that have their initials on them.  That way everyone gets the same amount and there is no whining or crying.  It works out just perfect.

 After church was over I hurried home and started to prepare a wonderful dinner.  We had ham, mashed potato's, deviled eggs, rolls, asparagus, and bacon wrapped lil' smokies.  For dessert I made a cupcake and put one of these cute little lambs on it.  Easter was a fun time had by all.