April 16, 2017

What a glorious Easter Sunday!  The world is all aglow today and St. George is basking in all of her fabulous glory.  Other than the insane allergies everyone is having lately, this is a little piece of heaven!  After the Easter baskets this morning and all the colored eggs were gathered up, we watched some of the church's Easter videos.  My heart was full of the spirit.  I'm so thankful to know that our Savior broke the bands of death, that He accomplished his mission here on earth, and that because of Him, we can all be saved.  I love Him.  I am so grateful to Him.

Miles--coloring his eggs

Julia!

Emma

Austin --the cool dude

Owen

Having lots of fun!

The morning hunt!

Julia

Emma...and all of the swimming suits the Easter Bunny left!

Owen's new suit!

A little wrestling -- Lance and Austin

Owen had to join in!

Lance has been really sick with a cold, but we all went to Sacrament meeting together and then Greg brought him home for a nap.  The Young Women and some of the Young Men sang "Gethsemane" for the musical number.  What a touching, sweet song!  Tears sprang to my eyes as I looked up and saw all the girls I love so much singing such a beautiful Easter song.  It was a great day.

In Relief Society, the teacher said, "Do you really believe?" when thinking about all that we celebrate at Easter time, and then she asked, "So what will you do?"  I've been thinking about that.  What will I do to show my Savior that I love Him and that I really believe in Him?  It was a great lesson and a great time to reflect.

This week has been such a fantastic one for our family.  Emma earned a medal at her track meet.  Austin earned two tennis medals.  We had a dance performance, an Easter party, a swim party, a golfing day, lots of cousins, lots of food, a day off from school, beautiful sunshine, lots of time to relax and be together, and a great time to think of our Savior.  I'm so thankful.

I've finally found some friends to run with.  Twice this week I got up at 5:45, met my group at 6:00 a.m. and hit the road.  I ran a 5- and a 6-mile run with them. There are about seven of us and lots of us are signed up for the marathon.  It has been so great to feel part of a group.  And it is so much easier to run and stay motivated when there are lots of us going together.  I'm feeling really great and I'm ready to ride this wave through the summer and straight into the marathon.  These girls are really going to help get me there.  I'm so excited!!

Well, it's starting to get dark outside.  The sun has set on this beautiful Sabbath day.  I'm so content here with my little family.  My heart is filled up with love and peace.  I'm thankful for Easter Sunday. "He is not here. He is risen."  Such a glorious message to all the world.