Easter 2012

We had a great Easter this year. It was a mix of the whimsical side of the holiday and the beautiful, real, and spiritual reason for it.
We started out with a big Easter egg hunt at Ball Manor where the kids were able to run around like crazy and get eggs filled with candy. They even got to meet a big (somewhat creepy looking) Easter bunny. Cade was happy to just go along for a ride in the stroller and giggle at everyone who passed.We had a bunch of subsequent Easter egg hunts at our house where I convinced the kids it was just as fun to find eggs that were empty instead of filling them up with candy each time they found them. Hopefully this curbed the candy intake a bit!
On Easter Sunday we got to get all dressed up in new Easter outfits for church. It is really hard to get three kids to look in the same direction at the same time. I know this is common parent knowledge. But it really is kind of funny what one kid can be caught doing while you are trying to get another one to look at the camera. We have a lot of scrunchy eyes, looking at the sky, checking out the grass, and a general goofy look in most of the pictures I tried to take. Here are a few that are close enough. :)
Afton in front of her blooming peach tree:
Ben in front of his apple tree

Cade in front of his tree.
Cheese!
Then Afton tried her hand at taking photos and got this one of us. Really it is not that flattering, but I realize it is the only one of just Jared and me together in about a six months. I promise we spend lots of time together but it is just not documented on film.
We also had the amazing blessing of getting a new nephew and a new niece in the Stubbs family over Easter weekend. Both are little miracles and we are so excited to meet them! Overall it was a really nice weekend. The kids learned more about the Atonement and the Resurrection and how grateful we are for eternal families.