Easter Weekend

Easter Weekend was beautiful! The sun was shining and it was the perfect weekend to celebrate Easter! Tim's parents were in town for the week so we decided take them out to the Larry Miller Motorsport track. Tim and his dad had fun doing a couple races and the boys loved watching them on the bleachers in the sun. 

On Saturday we woke up early and headed to the Easter Extravaganza at Thanksgiving Point. The boys headed straight for the tracker/train ride. Ian wanted to sit right behind the tracker (great for his lungs I am sure). The driver even showed him how to drive the tracker after they finished the ride. It was definitely one of the highlights of his day. 

Aaron practically blended in with the cows and just smiled the whole ride.

What better to do after a tracker/train ride than getting your faces painted. The boys both wanted spiders and were very happy with the results. 

Then it was time for the egg hunts (not much of a hunt involved but still fun). The have four different egg hunts going on at the same time with different age groups and they do them every half hour. Ian went first and we all got a good laugh. We were not aware that he was only going to pick up the orange eggs, he decided that all on his own. Orange is now his favorite color. Aaron went the next round and had fun picking up all different colors plus a couple bags of chips :) 

We headed over to see the farm animals next. Both of the boys loved the pony rides. Aaron is usually afraid of getting on the ponies but was really excited this time. Another highlight was seeing the white peacock. I believe the boys were hoping it would start kung fu fighting just like the evil white peacock on Kung Fu Panda 2.

The boys then enjoyed making bunny ears, decorating cupcakes, and making superhero stuffed animals. I also thought it was funny we took a picture with the chick-fil-a cow and not the easter bunny :) Oh well, they still look cute!

The boys had so much fun and we had so much fun watching them. It is definitely something that we will look forward to doing again next year!

That night we had our own Easter egg hunt outside with baskets the boys made with Tim's mom before they fly back home. 

Easter morning the boys woke up and found easter eggs hidden throughout the house with a surprise from the Easter bunny. I was not feeling well and unfortunately missed most of the morning. In normal Easter tradition they did not get new Sunday dress clothes. They are both growing like crazy and got all new church clothes about a month ago. So we changed it up and found the boys matching ironman swimsuits. 

Later that week my family came down. The boys were so excited for more Easter presents and loved the new slip n'slide my parents found them. 

This was one of my highlights of the week. Ian asking my mom in great confusion, "What does this do?" As you can see he was holding up the blue easter grass from the bottom of his Easter bucket. Due to the mess I do not use "easter grass" anywhere.  After my mom put some in their baskets I now know why... weeks later and I am still finding pieces of it throughout the house. 

 I am so grateful for the joy the gospel brings to our lives. We have been loving reading our scriptures together as a family. The other night Ian asked, "Does Jesus live with Thor? Since Thor lives in Asgard, which is up there (pointing to the sky)." While it made me laugh, it also made me realize that we could do a better job of making Christ the center of our home. If only the boys knew their scriptures like they do superheroes. Elder Richard G Scott spoke on that exact topic in General Conference that next weekend. If you get a moment take the time to read through his talk (linked here). I will close my blog with a portion of that talk that I found helpful.

"We need not worry if we can’t simultaneously do all of the things that the Lord has counseled us to do. He has spoken of a time and a season for all things. In response to our sincere prayers for guidance, He will direct us in what should be emphasized at each phase of our life. We can learn, grow, and become like Him one consistent step at a time."