Easter and Family

Happy Easter!  We have had a wonderful day filled with family, laughter and lots of smiles.  We started off the day with Easter baskets and a yummy breakfast.  I almost never make breakfast, or eat it for that matter, so the kids were loving a warm breakfast.  We went to church, like we do every Sunday, and enjoyed the Spirit we felt there.  It always brings me peace to attend church.  We had very yummy Easter dinner at my mom's house.  I have to say that homemade rolls with homemade raspberry jam are amazing!  Overall it was a fabulous Easter.  Nice and low key, but filled with the joy of being together as a family.

My sisters and their kids are in town.  So the cousins all have been having a lot of fun.  We hung out on Thursday, went to the pool on Friday, took my nephew to the Rapids game with us yesterday, and then spent the afternoon together today.  Capped it all off with an Easter egg hunt in the backyard.  There was nothing in the plastic eggs, but the kids still had a lot of fun finding them!  Amazing how the simple things mean so much when you are little, an empty plastic egg can bring so much joy and happiness.  I love that!

We also had a new niece born into our family this weekend!  Yay for babies!  She is a beautiful baby and we cannot wait to meet her.  There will be two more babies joining our family this year in the next couple months.  Such wonderful blessings.
I got to talk to my maternal grandmother today also.  That was the best!  I miss my grandparents a lot.  It has been six years since I have seen them.  I have been wanting to get back to see them for years, but it has never worked out budget wise.  Thankfully we were able to swing one plane ticket so I can get out to see them.  I wish I could take the whole family with me, but I will take what I can get.  My paternal grandmother will be turning 96 soon.  Ninety six years old!  My maternal grandparents are not too far behind her in their early 90's.  I know that I am very lucky to still have them still.  So many of my friends have lost all their grandparents already.  My paternal grandfather died before I was born, so I never had a chance to know him.  However I am close with my remaining grandparents and I know that at sometime in the not too distant future I will lose my remaining grandparents for the rest of this mortal life.  I am not looking forward to that day!  I'm sure it will come too soon.  I am sure it always seems too soon.  I am grateful for the atonement though and the knowledge that we can be together again someday.