Happy Easter!

(I couldn't decide which picture to use, so I just put them both up.) :)

Our Easter celebration was over two days.

We spent Saturday staying at home and doing things with our little family.

I got an Easter egg painting kit that turned out to not be that good. I thought Ryan would enjoy the finger painting better than dying eggs, but I think we'll stick with dying eggs next year. But Ryan did have a lot of fun! He loved talking about the colors and mixing them and painting himself too!

Ryan loved watching Daddy. He was so fascinated by what he was doing!

While waiting for Daddy to get the paint out, Ryan was putting the eggs on this tray. It cracked me up when he put the foam egg on there. He's such a cutie.

Paint on his chest. I love how he's sticking his chest out to get a good look. :)

Daddy had a little bit of fun too. :)

Didn't his eggs turn out lovely?!

Here is a video of Ryan painting his eggs.

After we painted our eggs, we washed them off and had Egg Salad sandwiches for lunch. Ryan LOVED them and asked for more twice!

After lunch, we put Ryan down for a nap and got some things done before the baby comes this week. I even packed my hospital bag! Go me! :)

We put candy in plastic eggs and hid them around the kitchen and living room for Ryan's own personal Easter Egg Hunt. We have a video of him finding the eggs. He did so good!

He is on the "er" of saying "Happy Easter!"

Ryan is like Mommy and loves candy. I MAY have put out too many eggs filled with candy. I think we'll be handing out candy to people when they come and visit the baby. It would be dangerous for us to eat it all. :)


After the egg hunt, we went out to eat at a pizza place in Spanish Fork. Our favorite quick pizza place, Dominoes, went out of business. :( I've been wanting to try out Two Jack's Pizza for awhile and we got a coupon in the mail! So we went and tried it out. It was yummy! And we saw our good friends, the Heiers, there and it was fun to see them!

We had such a fun day with our little family and it's crazy that we're going to be a family of four in a couple of days! I'm glad we got to have a little bit of fun with Ryan as an only child before his world completely changes. :)

On Sunday, we did so good and went to all of church! Usually I am pretty tired and so we go to the last two hours, but we tried extra hard and were able to go to all three.

I had to wake poor Ryan up. Yes, my child sleeps in after 8 am. He loves me. :)

I got him up and we went downstairs to see what the Easter Bunny left him.

Someone shared that they take their kids to get a picture of Jesus for their Easter basket every year, and then they put it up in their room. I loved this idea, and figured while I was at it, I might as well get one of President Monson, the First Presidency, and a temple. I also got him a new church book. He loves his Bible flap book, and I knew he'd love a Book of Mormon one too.

When I bought all the candy, it was before lunch and I was starving. I admit, I bought more than I should have and most of it was for me. This Easter morning Ryan had a Cadbury egg for breakfast. He refused to eat anything else. Maybe I'll tone down the candy next year! :)

I bought three Cadbury eggs, one for each of us. When Ryan saw his basket he said, "Eggs!" And gave one to Daddy and one to Mommy and kept one for himself. He is such a sweet boy!

Here is a video of him naming the pictures. You can tell he loves being funny. :)


Here is Ryan all dressed up for Easter! I made the tie for The Ribbon Retreat Blog, and I love the bright yellow color. I just wish I had a model child. haha. When do they start standing still and smiling for the camera? Since I have to post pictures for the blog, I tried so hard to get a good one of his whole outfit (mostly the tie). He ended up crying. Oh well! :)

This one is my favorite!

Later this day, we headed to Salt Lake to go to a special event. Jared's niece, Lindsay's boyfriend, Trevor, was getting baptized. It was an awesome experience to be there. Ryan was high on candy so he spent most of the time in the hall, but he loved watching the baptism. He can't stop talking about "Dennis baptized Trevor!" We are so happy for him!

After the baptism we headed over to my mom's house for dinner. We were a little late and kept everyone waiting. They wanted to be sure to document it. :)

Don't worry though! It was for a good cause! :)

My mom always goes all out for holidays, and she didn't disappoint this Easter! The table was decorated so cute and the food was delicious!

They had a fun little egg hunt outside for Ryan when we got there. He loves finding the eggs! And as the only grandchild, he gets to find them all!

We had fun hanging out with all of our family today, and we are so grateful for families.

Today we celebrate Christ's resurrection, and such a big part of that is being able to live with our families again. I am extremely blessed to have the families that I have, and I am so happy to be adding to it this week. I love this holiday that reminds me of what blessings are in store for me, if I do my best with my life here on this earth. Sometimes it's easy to forget, and today was really a reminder of what I need to be doing so my family can receive these blessings.

I am so grateful for Jesus Christ and all he did for us. I am grateful for the plan of salvation and the knowledge that I have of my purpose here on earth. It is such a beautiful blessing.

I am so happy I am a wife to a wonderful husband and mother to a wonderful son. He is my little buddy! I just love him so much. And I am so excited to meet my new son in a few days!

Happy Easter!