Easter...

On Saturday, we enjoyed watching General Conference and doing some last minute Easter shopping. The kiddies had fun dying eggs for our annual Easter egg hunt and taking out the Spring china for dinner on Sunday.

But mother nature had other plans for our Easter egg hunt. We woke up to about 8" of snow. So, Scott and Deuce spent an hour clearing our driveway, sidewalk and helping a couple of our neighbors with theirs. Needless to say, we used the downstairs theater room for an egg hunt and all the children, including the Valavala/Ballard clan, had a good time.

Scott taking a break after "playing" with his snow blower.

Scott and I gathered our family together and had a discussion on the real meaning of Easter. We made vanishing rolls, taught by Tiani, as part of our lesson, which we ate for breakfast. We told the children that the marshmallow represented Jesus Christ and the dough represented the tomb. After the kids received their Easter baskets and played with their goodies, the rolls were ready. We opened up one of the rolls and showed all of them the inside, in which Hinckley questioned, "Hey! What happened to Jesus?" (lol) We then explained to them about Jesus' resurrection.

Norma, Mike and their family, Mom W and Quinn came over for dinner. We set up 3 tables this year... our family keeps growing! The food was delicious, but the company was even better! Tiani folded all the napkins at the adult table into bunny ears this year. Cute, aye?

This year for dessert, I made lemon cake (with yummy lemon glaze) and a very healthy pina colada cake.

This is our last Easter with Quinn until he returns home from his mission in two years and Mik's first Easter.