Easter and Spring

The month of April always brings Easter.  Which means that spring is on the way, the trees are budding and it's a time to refresh and renew.  I love the spring; it's so pretty when the trees leaf out and the tulips and crocus bloom.  

For us this year, it meant cutting down three large trees in the back yard, the ward priests hauling the wood down and Theron and I hauling the wood to Kendall's and the branches to the dump.  We are too old for this much work, perhaps next year we will see about getting a home with a smaller yard.  We also worked one week on remodeling the garden - building another level on the grow boxes and putting new dirt and manure in them.  As Theron says, "We've spent our $100 for the twelve tomatoes we will get."  The garden is important because you never know when you will need to grow your own food.

Pay attention children, we may (or may not) move.  We are breaking it to you gently not like telling Garret that Dawain and Jana were getting their house ready to sell.  Things change and we may do so, also.

Now, that being said, it was a wonderful Easter with all of you here at our house for dinner and an small Easter egg hunt.  This year it was dollars in the eggs and very little candy.  I'm sure the young ones - Mason, Ali and Tyce - don't have a clue what to do with a few dollars, but their parents do.

Now what do I do, both hands are full!

I love seeing our children sit around the dining table and chatting.  It brings warmth to my heart and tears to my eyes.  I love you all so much.

Easter is more than the bunny and the eggs, it is the resurrection of Jesus Christ, the fulfillment of the atonement, the new life it gives to all of us, and the love of a Heavenly Father being renewed in our hearts. Kisses, Mom