We had a great Easter this year! The week prior we had Brent and Barb in town visiting, which is always fun. With 8 grand kids living in Walla Walla, they ended up attending many softball games and a tennis match while they were here. They are good sports and always very supportive of the kids' activities.
Saturday morning we took Alyssa, Danny and Jacob to the town Easter egg hunt at a local park. It is just crazy there, but lots of fun. They divide each area up by age groups to try and keep things fair, so Brad took Jacob to the 3-year-old area and I had Lyssie and Danny in their area. We coached the kids a bit on being aggressive, elbows out...just kiddin'. There is definitely that element at this hunt, though - lots of parents who get way too into it. Brad and I had a good time observing, the kids had a blast collecting their cheap chocolate eggs, and we only lost Danny twice.
After the Easter egg hunt we took all the kids to "Farm Day" at the high school. Auntie Shelley called to give us the heads up on this one and we were so glad she did! The kids got to hold, pet and otherwise frighten lots of cute little baby animals! They loved it (the kids...probably not so much the animals)
Saturday night we dyed Easter eggs. Brad mostly oversaw this endeavor as I had been asked to speak in Sacrament Meeting Easter Sunday and, those who know me well will not be surprised to hear, left it until Saturday night. So...I was in and out of the kitchen while also upstairs trying to write a talk. The kids dyed dozens of eggs and enjoyed them for days afterward - our kids love hard-boiled eggs. 
Easter day itself was great. I was glad to get my talk over with (never enjoy public speaking) but so appreciative of the opportunity to have prepared the talk and to have thought, at length, about Easter and the resurrection. Too often all the fun secular traditions that accompany these religious holidays start to eclipse the real purpose of the holiday for me. It's easy to get caught up in bunnies, eggs and pretty new dresses and forget the resurrection. So...it was a nice touch this year that I had to study for and prepare a talk. Now if there was just some way to do all the prep work without having to actually stand up in front of everybody, I'd be in business!
3 comments:
Awww. What a fun holiday. And you are a peach for finding something positive in having to give a sacrament meeting talk! I know you did a beautiful job...You'd better plan to be out of town on Mother's Day or you might be asked for a repeat performance.
Love to all the Nielsons.
I think I just received inspiration for you that you're supposed to add another Nielson to the bunch. I was looking at the egg decorating picture and kept thinking, "Who's missing?" I kept looking at the kids and thinking that somebody wasn't in the picture. So, there you have it. Inspiration via Utah.
You are a funny girl, Kristen!
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