Easter in Paradise

Today is Easter! I think it just may be one of my favorite celebrations! What great news it is to know that the Lord is risen and that He lives! Isn't it wonderful? Yesterday we all went up to Paradise and spent the day together and celebrated Easter on the way up Taylor, Sage and I stopped in Brigham City to see the Temple that is under construction. It brought back a lot of feelings I had experiences during the construction and dedication of the California Newport Beach Temple. Temples truly are the Houses of the Lord. We had such a fun time. Jeanne always puts so much time and effort into our family parties and we really appreciate it. The kids colored eggs, played pin the tail on the bunny, played a bunny horseshoe game and had an egg. hunt. All the kids got cute little Easter Baskets. Sage's had 2 cute onsies, formula, a soft, green bunny and some headbands. Jeanne shared with them the reason we celebrate Easter and gave all the kids a scripture case and their own Book of Mormon. She also prepared a yummy turkey meal. After the prayer to bless the food Jill passed around a little Easter treat to everyone. It was a plastic egg with chocolate inside and on the outside it read "Set to hatch December 9, 2011." We are SO excited for Dan, Jill and Lacey. We are so happy for another little friend for Sage. She can't have enough! We took a few cute pictures of Sage, Kaylee and Presley. They are all going to be such good friends. It was fun to visit and to watch all the cousins run around and play together. We gave Jill and Lacey a ride back from Paradise. Lacey is so cute with Sage. You can see her holding Sage's hand on the ride home in one of the pictures below. So cute. What a fun day it was. We love spending time with family and are grateful for the knowledge and testimonies which we have that families can be together forever. Our hearts are especially grateful at this time to know that our Savior lives and that because He lives we may also live! We are grateful for the Plan of Salvation and the comfort it brings to our hearts.