Easter Weekend 2012

April 6th, 2012 was my 30th Birthday. I got up and worked out, then we headed for Venice and Glenwood. We arrived in Richfield about 11:30 am and got a few things done that we needed to. After that we went to my parents house. My family through me a little surprise party. They had a cake for me so we had cake and ice cream. We were missing my mom and youngest sister, Shanelle, but my uncle Noel and Grandpa Cowley were there too. Following the party we took my sister, Cara, and her family through our house. Branden really wanted to take me out to lunch/dinner for my birthday so I told him he could take me to Subway. That is where we went. I love Subway and it's not a killer on caloric intake. We then headed to the Andersons. We decorated eggs with the kids and then had pizza for dinner. My sister-in-laws made cupcakes for my birthday as well so they sang to me. It was a nice birthday.

My sister-in-law had this cool spinner thing where you put the egg in and drip color on it. Then you push the button over and over and it spins to make cool looking eggs.

Saturday was a very busy day. The Easter Bunny comes to visit Brax Friday night. We try to celebrate the commercial side of Easter on Saturday and the spiritual side on Sunday. Anyway, we got up and Brax did his search for his easter eggs because the bunny hides them from him. He got a life jacket this year due to the fact his is too small. Following his egg search we got ready to head to Glenwood. Every year Branden's grandma has an egg hunt so he helps with it. Brax and I dropped him off and we headed to the park. Brax took part with three of his cousins in the 8-9 year old Glenwood Town Easter Egg Hunt. The rest of the cousins were at other locations. Following the Town hunt we headed to Grandma Oldroyd's. They had another search there. They had a lot of fun. Right after the Oldroyd family hunt we headed back to Venice to go roll/throw our eggs with my family. As we got done with them, Branden called his brother and they were headed out to the same hills just on the other side. We took one of my dad's 4-wheelers over to have some fun with the Andersons. Both rolling/throwing experiences ended in egg fights. We headed back to my brother's house for lunch. We had pineapple burgers, chicken salad, chips, deviled eggs, and treats. We visited and all got sunburnt. We stayed there for a few hours. We headed back to my parents house to change our clothes from riding the 4-wheeler. My dad then taught Brax how to drive his lawn mower. Brax mowed the lawn with a little help from my dad. I was so proud of him and he concentrated so hard. After mowing the lawn we headed back to Glenwood to play games and eat dinner.

This was the funniest thing. Luke was driving the jeep and took off dragging Izzy (the dog) behind because she was hooked to the jeep. The next thing we knew we see Luke, Brax, and Izzy coming back.

Sunday was also a nice day. My dad made us breakfast and then we went to church with him. I got to go to Primary with my nephew, Luke because he wouldn't sit in there by himself. It was fun to be back there because my calling was in Primary before we moved to Hurricane. It was a nice day to think of the Savior and his sacrifice for me. After church we headed back to Glenwood to have lunch with the Andersons and then we headed home. It's nice to spend time over the holidays with family.