Easter Weekend

Last weekend, Liz and I went with my cousin and her kids to the Dick's Market Easter egg hunt. There were a lot of kids and a lot of candy.  Some of the eggs had coupons for different items in the store, and Liz got coupons for a corn dog, a stick of string cheese, a cookie, and a bottle of bubbles. My aunt Dani and I joked that all she needed was a coupon for a drink and she would have an entire kids meal, prize and all. Later that afternoon, Liz went to her friend Lucy's house where she had another Easter egg hunt.

We had a fun Easter this weekend. On Friday, we went with Nicole's family to This Is The Place Heritage Park in Salt Lake City. They had several things to see and a petting zoo. Lizzy held a chick and a baby rabbit, and she got to pet a piglet, a couple of lambs, a kid (a baby goat), and a bull named Bones. They also had a pony ride that Liz enjoyed, but she was a little scared because she had never been on a horse by herself before.

Lizzy holding a baby bunny

On Saturday, we went with my family to the Wales town Easter egg hunt. Lizzy again got a ton of candy. She also had a little Easter egg hunt in my parent's living room before the town egg hunt.

Wales Town Easter Egg Hunt

Grandpa Kevin wearing Grandma Shelley's apron

This morning, the Easter Bunny came and brought Lizzy a lot of candy. He also brought a book and the movie Tangled. He hid eggs around the house for Liz to search for, so she ended up having five different Easter egg hunts!

While driving home last night, we almost hit a cougar in Salt Creek Canyon near Nephi. I don't think I've ever actually seen a live one outside of the zoo!

Nicole made Liz a new Easter dress, which she wore to church today. She looks very pretty in her dress and new shoes.

Liz in her new Easter dress

Conference Weekend

We had a pretty good conference weekend. We stayed home for the Saturday Morning Session, then got together with the whole family (except Jake and Melinda, of course) at Emily's apartment for the Saturday Afternoon and Priesthood Sessions. Then on Sunday, we woke up to a couple of inches of snow and watched the Sunday Sessions at home.

Conference was great! President Monson always makes me laugh, and President Eyring joked around a little in the Priesthood Session too. I love the jokes he made about the sailor who blessed the sacrament and his two neighbors who went to prison.

I love how President Packer is always so direct. In the Saturday Afternoon Session, he said, "...the Lord's standard of morality commands that the sacred powers to beget life be protected and employed only between man and woman, husband and wife. To misuse this power is exceeded in seriousness only by the shedding of innocent blood and the denying of the Holy Ghost." I turned to my family right after that and said, "And that's the part of his talk that will ignite controversy this year." Anyone looking for a clear-cut statement on the Church's stand towards homosexuality, there it is.

I also got a chance this weekend to scan a few more of my mission pictures onto the computer. Some of them are now added to my Mission Pictures album on Facebook.