Easter Weekend

Easter weekend was a busy one, but we had a lot of fun.  On Saturday, we got to go to a Ward (Church Congregation) Easter activity.  It was held at a Girl's Scout Camp not far out of town in a beautiful area.  

We all gathered around and heard a message from 'King Benjamin' delivered from  a top his tower.  It was our Bishop (pastor) dressed up in period clothing and he had even made his own tower...lashed together precariously with ropes I might add, but it held the whole time.  He read out of the Book of Mormon, from King Benjamin's speech when he spoke of the birth and life of the Savior.  It was a special moment and a good reminder of what Easter is really about.  Grayson liked sitting on the wooden benches and he stayed put the whole time sitting next to another little girl.

After the spiritual thought, the little kids ran a fun run.  The just ran a lap around the camp.  I think little kids running is absolutely adorable.  This little girl was in front the whole time and she accidentally started running onto a random side trail so some parents had to get her to turn around.  The kids had such a good time.

Trevor and I took Grayson in the jogging stroller and then ran the 5k with the other adults.  It was a lot of fun and was our first 'official' 5k.  We hope it will be the first of many more.  Although we decided not running for a week beforehand was definitely not the best way to prepare.  

We survived, though, and even made it up the giant hill that was in the middle.

Grayson fell asleep on the way back and had himself a good nap.  We enjoyed some tasty bagels and fruit after our run and spent some time with friends.  Then the released the kids on the hundreds of Easter eggs that were hidden around the camp site.  It was like a swarm of locusts had come through. Those eggs were all in baskets in about 30 seconds.  It was amazing!

Grayson slept through the whole Easter egg hunt, but one of his friends was nice enough to share a few eggs with him.  Which he enjoyed playing with immensely   He got to play with a dog too, which also helped to make up for that.  This kid loves dogs like you would not believe.  

Grayson proudly holding his 'loot.'


On Sunday, we put Grayson's Easter basket out for him to open.  He was very curious and had a fun time searching through his bucket to find his presents.  We got him some animals and a few coloring books, he had fun with them.

Daddy helped Grayson look through his bucket and find all of the surprises.

He got these awesome bunny ears from his grandparents and he was kind enough to pose for a picture.  He sure makes a cute Easter bunny.

Reading a new book with Daddy.  This is a Finnish character and I was lucky enough to find this book in a  toy store here in town.

He thought this duck puppet was great, but he kept hugging it with my arm still in it.  

Here Grayson is checking out his new toy from his grandparents.  Trevor and I decided in the future, we will put toys together the night before instead of the day of when and impatient boy is waiting very excitedly to play with it.

We enjoyed a beautiful church service and afterwards had some friends over for a nice dinner.  I love entertaining!  I got a new table cloth and made our center pieces with Easter candy.  We had three families over and we enjoyed a delicious meal.

Edible decorations!

Trevor cooked his first brisket for Easter dinner and it was quite delicious.  He even made homemade barbecue sauce which was also a huge success.  We had such a good time.  What a good way to celebrate the holiday commemorating the resurrection of our Savior, spending it with good friends.