our easter celebrations began yesterday morning, with an easter egg hunt here in bountiful. finn's first egg hunt! if i'm being honest, it was actually kind of a joke. haha there were seriously at least 200 kids there, and like 50 eggs. it was the dumbest thing ever. and i guess i should have done a practice run with finn in our backyard, because he had absolutely no idea what he was supposed to do! he picked one egg up, shook it and was just so fascinated by it that he could have cared less about collecting more. and by the time we convinced him to put the egg in his basket, the egg hunt was over. dead serious, it lasted 45 seconds! but it is one of those things that every kid has to do once in their life, right? now we know to just have our own easter egg hunt, instead of going to one the city puts together. :) you live and you learn.
grandma came down because she wanted to go to the easter egg hunt with us, and she brought the boys easter baskets. so thoughtful! i forgot to take pictures of them, but finn's basket had a ball and the cutest little jellycat monkey i've ever seen. and sam's had two easter books and a darling jellycat lamb. she takes such good care of us! sam has been snuggling with his lamb all weekend, and finn loves for us to kick him his new ball, then he goes and fetches it. kind of like a dog, yes. ;)
this morning our day started bright and early with breakfast at village inn with grandpa jeff and wendy. they wanted to come visit but because we all had so many plans today, breakfast at 8 am was the only thing we could make work. it was fun to see them, and finn did surprisingly well at the restaurant. he ate all his food and stayed still for much longer than he normally does. he did fall out of his booster and hit his head on the hard floor, but hey, what do ya do? ;)
after breakfast we looked for our easter baskets. well i should say, we told finn to go look for his, since it was the only one the easter bunny hid. ;) and it was a big let down because he could have cared less about it! haha he found his golf clubs prematurely (they were supposed to be part of his basket) and after that he couldn't really focus on much else.
we went to a family party, hosted by the osborne's, later in the day. the food was so delicious, and finn had lots of fun playing with his cousins (second cousins really), or at least their toys. ;) he was a little obsessed with isabelle and olivia's pink lawnmower. ha but for real, we had a lot of fun, as we always do, with everyone there. they put on a a heck of an easter egg hunt. much better than yesterday's! and even though the only thing finn wanted to do during the entire hunt was swing, he somehow managed to walk away with a bag full of eggs, candy and toys.
it was a long day, but worth it to spend the time with the ones we love most. i'm a little sad, because i feel like i don't pay attention or get anything out of church these days since i'm so focused on trying to keep finn happy, reverent, well-behaved, not screaming and running around like a maniac, etc... i really honestly can't even remember the last time i went to church and felt like my testimony was really strengthened, or the spirit spoke to me really strongly. i'm not meaning this in a bad way, and i still totally know the church is true. i think this is just a period of my life where church is a little different than it has been in the past, and i suppose it's probably normal. i do need to make a better effort to actually listen, i suppose. but despite all this, i am so incredibly grateful for my savior, jesus christ. for his atonement and resurrection. he is the way, the truth, and the light, and i'm so thankful to know him.
hope everyone had a happy easter!
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