Our Wonderful, Easter, Weekend!

It all started on Thursday.

When Ayla and I woke up from our nap, I woke up to:

This, flowers, a bear and a homemade card from Kurt.

The card reads, "It doesn't look like spring outside......" It shows a cat walking in the snow. We get a lot of stray cats in our yard.

Inside it reads, "So I thought I would change that for you on the inside. Happy Easter Honey Bunny! Love, Kurt." He hasn't made me a card in a while so this was a real treat.

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Friday morning Ayla and I started the day off at IHOP with my mom, my sister, Marion and my nephew, Lane.

Ayla loves aunt, Marion.

I loved how this picture of Lane turned out! He is such a cutie!

More of Marion and Ayla.

Ayla insisted on caring Aunt Marion's purse. It was a bit heavy for her but she did it.

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After breakfast we went out to where my parents live at the new senior citizens center for an Easter egg hunt. My Uncle Ernie goes there every day for something to do. He is retired due to a kidney transplant and he is unable to work. I am glad he has somewhere to go every day.

The egg hunt was to start at 10:00 am. We got there around 9:45 am. They guy in charge told us we had to wait for the Rec Center kids to get there so we waited.

Ayla and Lane had a lot of fun playing together as they waited.

Here is a picture of Me and my sister, Marion waiting.

One of me and Ayla.

They started to get bored. It was about 10:15 am when I took this one.

Ayla showing Uncle Ernie her empty bucket.

Uncle Ernie and Marion.

When the Rec Kids finally got there it was 10:30 am and they started the egg hunt. They first let the 3 to 6 years old kids go first to get a head start. Then they let the older kids go.

Here is Ayla showing Grandma some of her eggs she found.

Looking for eggs.

When the hunt was over, and it was over pretty fast because there were too many kids and not enough eggs, Ayla came out with 5 eggs. I noticed a little boy walking and he only had 2 so I gave him one of Ayla's eggs. Then when I went to see how many my nephew, Lane had, he had none. I found out my mother held him back because she didn't hear the guy call out that the older kids were allowed to go. Lane was so disappointed. So we gave 2 of Ayla's eggs to him. The guy in charge was so sorry. He kept telling me he had extra candy that he could give him. I told him it was alright and that I would include him in on Ayla's Easter egg hunt that Kurt and I were going to have for her. So after we were done there I went to buy more eggs.

Ayla did get a couple pieces of chocolate from her 2 eggs.

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Saturday morning, my family came over for breakfast like they always do.

Lane came too and he and my mom dyed Easter eggs.

I love real eggs for Easter. I was happy to have a few real eggs to hide too with the egg hunt we were going to have.

After General Conference, we went to Kurt's parents to have an Easter candy hunt.

Here is Kurt helping Ayla.

Ayla's cute cousins, Morganne and Brooke looking for candy.

Starting to collect.

Taking a moment to talk to Grandma Perry.

Here is one of Baby Kurt looking for candy.

And one of Kurt and me.

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That night during the Priesthood session I got to go to dinner and meet some blog friends.

I originally went to meet my friend Cherie from Bakow Babble. She is the one next to me on the top row. I also got to meet 2 new blog friends, Sandra from In This Small House and Connie from I started out as a child. These are the 2 women sitting in the lower left hand corner of the picture next to my good friend Ann from An Old Fashioned Girl. It was a blast! I loved being around these wonderful women! I am happy to call these women my friends!

I love blogging! I have made some good friends through blogging and I have become closer to some of my friends I had already had like Ann.

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Sunday

The Easter bunny came and left presents. He knows Ayla loves to open gifts. Besides, she doesn't need too much candy right now. She's still too little.

In between conference sessions:

We took Ayla outside with her car she got for her birthday.

Here is a picture of the maiden voyage of the car.

The car's first time being outside. The weather was nice.

It was so nice I went inside and got Ayla's jacket instead.

While Kurt pushed Ayla around outside of the yard, in the parking lot. Yes, I said parking lot. We live behind a business building. It is very nice a secluded! Anyways, while they were doing that I hid Easter eggs for her. She had her own Easter egg hunt.

She had a good time!

Every time she found one she would say, "a eah" meaning egg.

After the hunt we went inside and let her open the gifts from the Easter Bunny.

She got a Sleeping Beauty figurine and an outfit. I will have to show you the outfit some time. It is so cute! We each also got our own chocolate Easter Bunny.

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That evening, my family came over to have a BBQ.

Me and my dad.

Notice he has glasses too now? He had to get them a few weeks ago. He has gone 60 years without glasses. Now we both have glasses. I think I have had my glasses for a year now. We were both in denial that we were blind. It is good to see. Wouldn't you agree, dad?

Here is how I find Kurt a lot lately, on his phone.

He got a Driod about a month ago and there is so much to do on that phone. It is unbelievable!

After dinner we had one last egg hunt for Lane and Ayla.

Lane had the time of his life!

We hid a total of 72 eggs and some toys for them to find. I guess you could say, this egg hunt made up for the egg hunt at the senior citizens center.

It was a wonderful, beautiful weekend!

Some of the highlights were:

* General Conference -The words of comfort and the beautiful tesitomonies about the Savior and his resurrection.*

*Sharing the Easter Story "Ressurection Eggs" with both sides of the family. It is the story of the Savior's crucifixion and his resurrection told through eggs.*

*Spending time with family.*

*Meeting blog friends.*

Can't wait 'til May!!!

I just can't wait until May. You want to know why?

I will tell you why!

First my sister, Marion will be graduating from nursing school!!!

She has always wanted to be a Nurse, ever since we were kids. This will be a huge accomplishment for her. It has taken her a long time to get this because she has had to go through a lot. She started nursing school up in Washington State. She finished 2 years and then she went through a divorce. She moved back to Utah to be with family, so she quit. She lived here for 2 years before being able to get back in the nursing program. This is something that most people don't do, usually if you quit nursing school you won't finish. Now she has finished her last 2 years of school. Having to retake some classes over because they didn't transfer. She has had to work full time to pay her bills and has gone to school full time. Needless to say, she hasn't had much time to herself and you wouldn't believe how much nursing school expects you to do in such a short amount of time. I just can't wait until the stress of nursing school is lifted from her. She won't be so stressed and she will have time to herself.

Then I am going to ask her, "Marion you just graduated nursing school, what are you going to do next?"

Then she will say, "I'm going to Disneyland!"

And I am going with her!

Yes, you heard that right! I am going to Disneyland! We are only going for one whole day but it will be fun. We are going to fly in on a Monday, spend the night, go to Disneyland all day Tuesday, go most of the day Wednesday, then fly home that night.

My sister has never been there so I'm going to use some of our skymiles to pay for the way down there. Our dad is going to be joining us. I couldn't leave him behind. You see the picture above? My dad is the man in the center. That was taken over 2 years ago. It was his, my uncle, Ernie's, my mother's and my nephew, Lane's first time going there. Ever since we went, my dad has wanted to go back so bad and I'm not sure when I will be going there again. I don't want to take Ayla until she is old enough to remember because it costs so much. And when I do, it will probably just be Kurt, Ayla and I and hopefully another child. So that won't be for at least another 3 years. So my dad is coming with us. It will be a short trip but a lot of fun. Besides I can't handle being away from Kurt and Ayla that long.

Next it will be Mother's day and my mother's birthday. I love my mother!

This picture was taken at her party last year. I usually make these T-shirts for her. She loves them.

Then my best friend, Leah and her husband Evan will be celebrating their 3rd anniversary. I am so glad they found each other and that is something to celebrate. They came here last year to celebrate. They live in Tennessee. The picture above was at the Conference Center during their visit. I was so proud of Evan. It was his first time flying. Happy Anniversary! (Even though I am a little early saying this.) I love you guys!!

Then my friend Tierra from Tennessee will be visiting Utah for her first time. Can't wait to see you!

Yes, that is Leah's and Evan's little boy she is holding. This was taken when Ayla and I went to visit them back in November of 2008. It has been a while. We need to go back!

And last but not least, Kurt and I can start to try to have another baby. We have to wait until May for insurance purposes. Way excited though! Like I said, can't wait until May!!

Other things that have made me happy or just have made me laugh,

Kurt bought me a new laptop. Ours crashed about a month ago and now I can blog again. Plus the laptop was not expensive. It only cost $350 which is a great deal. He bought it at Best Buy. It is not a brand name but it is good enough to do what I want, which is blog. That is why he got it for me. My husband is truly the best husband!! I love you honey!

Ayla has made me giggle at the stuff she does!! She did this all on her own.

The other day she made me put this sweater on her and then she put on her poka-dot bloomers. It was quit the outfit! LOL!! I guess she wanted to try out some of the new clothes Grandma Perry got her.

This is a cake I made the other day. It was for the Relief Society's birthday. At least that is what I thought it was for. We had an enrichment on Saturday over at the church and they asked people to sign up to bring cakes. I though it was for the Relief Society's birthday because March is when the Relief Society birthday is. Well, I am always late to Relief Society because I get Ayla settled into nursery and I always miss the announcements. So I went on Saturday, thinking it was a birthday party thing and I went in jeans. Well, when I got there I found out it was a production of the 10 virgins and it was in the chapel and you were supposed to wear your Sunday best. I just had to laugh!! At least the cake turned out right! I also enjoyed the production and had fun!

One more thing that makes me happy is, tax returns. We will be able to pay off our doctor bills with it. You know all the wellness checks your kid goes to. I had a cyst in my hand and now Kurt's back has been giving him issues. He has been going to a chiropractor. Let's just say we don't have the best insurance but at least we have it. Plus now we have to pay for a new computer. Yes, you heard me, a new computer. Kurt's crashed the other day and he uses it to work from home sometimes. First the laptop and then the computer. Oh well, we have been blessed!