Sunday, April 29, 2012

Easter Day

Happy Easter everyone.  First and foremost this Easter season I want to remember the wonderful resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.  I am so thankful for him!!  I wanted to share this beautiful Easter message from our First Presidency of the church.  jesusresurrectionsimondewey2

This is the season of the year when the Christian world remembers the Resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ. Out of love for His Father and for us, the Savior allowed Himself to suffer beyond the capacity of mortal man. He said, "Which suffering caused myself, even God, the greatest of all, to tremble because of pain, and to bleed at every pore, and to suffer both body and spirit — and would that I might not drink the bitter cup and shrink — Nevertheless, glory be to the Father, and I partook and finished my preparations unto the children of men" (Doctrine and Covenants 19:18-19).

Our Savior broke the bands of death. Through His Resurrection there is assurance that life is everlasting. Our Lord and Savior is the living witness that such is so.

As special witnesses, we declare that God does live. Jesus Christ is His Son, the Only Begotten of the Father in the flesh. He is our Redeemer, our Mediator with the Father. Jesus Christ atoned for our sins. He became the first fruits of the Resurrection. Because He died, all shall live again.

The First Presidency

Here are the boys Easter baskets this year. 

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And cute little Porter excited about his basket.  Isn’t he just so handsome.  I love this little guy so much.

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And here is sweet little Kaden on his first Easter!!  We made sure that he got lots of baby essentials in his Easter basket…haha.  What a little sweetheart he is.  I am so in love with my baby.  I can’t believe that his first Easter has come and gone so quickly.  My friend Stephanie made him that cute little yellow Easter bunny.  Isn’t he just too cute??

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And here’s the boys in their cute Easter outfits!!  I just have the most adorable boys ever!! Smile

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We went to my Mom’s house for Easter dinner.  The Easter dinner was amazing thanks so my Mommy!!  She always goes the extra mile to make sure that everything is wonderful. 

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My Mom’s cousin Kjetil and his wife Bente are moving back to Norway at the end of this month, so we were super excited that we could spend Easter with them before they move.  They are so much fun and we are going to miss them a lot!!

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Porter and Elsa were so cute playing outside together.  Porter kept saying, “Elsa, hold on tight” and then he would take off as fast as he could..haha.

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And then uncle Teddy had to get in on the fun! Smile

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And then they were tired and had to crash in front of a movie “Little Nemo”.   They are so cute!!

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What a wonderful Easter we had.  Thanks so much everyone, especially my Mamma for making our Easter perfect!!

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We started out the day taking Porter to a free Easter Egg Hunt ran by the city.  It was out of control.  I couldn’t believe how many kids were there.  But Porter had fun and got some fun Easter treats for his Easter basket.easter33Then we went to the 2nd annual Easter Egg Hunt/ Barbecue that my sister and her husband threw for the family and I can’t even tell you how much fun we had.  My nieces and nephews were here visiting from Virginia and it was so much fun seeing them again.  The kids were so cute to watch while they were hunting for Easter Eggs.  We hid the eggs in some fun places, and my nephew Isaac even climbed a try to find one of his eggs.  So fun!  Then we had a yummy barbecue!!  I love Easter! Smile

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This is also another fun tradition that we love.. confetti eggs!!  They are a blast to run around breaking them on eachother..haha, the kids (and adults) LOVE it!! Smile

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Thanks so much Donna and Geoff for the Easter fun!!  We all had a wonderful time!!