Easter Weekend

We had a great Easter this year, and I remembered anew how thankful I am for my Savior. It was a different Easter for us, and a busy one. It started out with our church's annual Easter Egg Hunt that we host for our community each year. In spite of the drizzle and freezing weather, we had an awesome turn out! Here are some pics I took of the boys and my folks:




"Carson! Did you have fun?" "I only got 3 eggs..."


"But did you have fun?"


My cute Dad helping keep Carter warm. I'm not kidding...it was FRIGID!


Sunday, we had two services at our church and they were both AWESOME! We are so blessed. After church, we packed up the car and headed to Pueblo for my Grandma's 90th birthday celebration. I think it's so awesome that a woman as devout as she had her 90th birthday on Easter Sunday. It was such a great time, and so special to get to spend the afternoon with so many of my great aunts and uncles. Then we headed to a hotel in Pueblo to stay the night so that we could attend my Great Uncle Everett's funeral. He died last Thursday. He had been sick for some time. Between Easter, my Great Grandma's birthday, my Great Uncle's funeral, and seeing so many of my family, I was reminded once again of what an awesome heritage I have. I'm so thankful for our history, and that Jesus is our Lord and Savior. I am so thankful that I know what the end outcome is for us, regardless of what our future may hold. God is good.

Because of the craziness of Sunday, our typical Easter traditions we have with the boys were put on the back burner a bit. We didn't get to have them find their Easter baskets or eggs until we got to the hotel around 5 p.m. They didn't mind a bit though, and were super excited to search for their goodies around the hotel pool. Unfortunately all but one of the lights in the pool area were broken, so my pictures are awful. Oh well. With all that this weekend held, it's sure to be an Easter we will never forget! Here are a few pictures from the weekend.

Love this pic...it's probably the best one I have of me and my boys...which is crazy, because by this point in the day, they were SO done! :)


Caden watching a show with Uncle Stott (Scott):


Trying to waste time at the hotel before we had to get ready for the funeral on Monday:


Today Carter seemed like he was finally starting to master sitting up...as long as he had something in his hands. We've been working on sitting up for a while now, but he usually goes diving in one direction or another. He really likes to be upright, so it's exciting that he's getting better at sitting. Funny sidenote...Carter is wearing the very outfit that Carson wore in his first sitting up picture.




This last pic is just a testament to Carter's temper...notice how upset he is, and that there are no tears at all. He's just yelling at me. :)