Cadbury Creme Eggs

The title of this post has absolutely nothing to do with anything, except for the fact that I bought my favorite Easter candy a month ago, a 4-pack of Cadbury Creme Eggs. I vowed to save them until Easter morning, when I would splurge and enjoy all 4 as my gift to myself for waiting out so long. I am sitting here laughing as I remember how I made it only a couple of days. In fact, I think there were only 3 left thirty minutes after we got home from Target. I have no self control when it comes to this. Junk food is hard to find in our house these days, not because I am withholding it from my family, but because I CANNOT keep my hands off.

Sooooo...tangent done. Easter morning was a wonderful time, filled with sugar overload, mouths dripping with chocolate. I loved Nolan's look when he saw that he had all that candy to himself.

Easter Bunny hid the kids basket of course. They were easy, Reagan found both within seconds. I guess next year we will upgrade the hiding spots.
We went to church and had such a great service. Our Young Women's lesson was an Easter lesson where we highlighted the last week of the Savior's life. It was so touching. We had a small sampling of what was the last Supper. I spoke about the parables and His teaching, particularly the Ten Virgins. I was moved to tears when another leader spoke about His trial, those who betrayed Him and then His crucifixion. To know in detail what Christ went through makes me so much more grateful.

We had Easter dinner with 2 other families that are good friends of ours. The kids had a small egg hunt in the backyard. Trying to get them to put the candy down for just one photo was a small miracle.

We decided to buy Discovery Kingdom season passes this year. They are worth the money if you go just twice, meaning we can get quite our money's worth all year long. Reagan and Nolan are at great ages for this. We went as a family for the first time last Saturday. The jeeps were Nolan's favorite ride, which surprised me! But he really liked most of the rides. Reagan wanted to ride everything and she was so much more brave this year! That's my girl, next year you be cruisin' Magic Mountain sweets!


We went to Jelly Belly before Easter and waited in a long line to go through the tour. My kids were not in good moods. Reagan cried most of the time because Nolan had poked her in the eye that morning and it still hurt. Nolan kept running away from the tour. I am pretty sure our photos are displayed somewhere as banned forever from Jelly Belly Free Tour. On the upside, the kids had a wonderful lunch of jelly beans and french fries. Nolan's lunch was especially healthy, it included jelly beans from underneath the table....still not sure if they were ours or not.
We finally purchased our fire pit, a gift from the parental units for Christmas. They love doing this! I stocked up on smore stuff and bought some skewers. It is perfect for this time of year. I am so glad that we don't have our enclosed porch, this is much more open for the fire. Reagan can never remember the word "smore" so she asks for those marshmallows we cook thingies. She has awesome lingo skills! I am looking forward to some more fire pits, we will have to invite friends next time! It is staying light longer... :):)
Our home has been filled with the sound of music. A family in our ward is moving to Manhattan and got rid of most of their belongings, especially big furniture. We went up there a few weeks ago to see if they maybe had some furniture we needed (dresser) and when I saw the piano, I had to have it!! Luckily, we got a great deal because the family knew us and we had the perfect spot at home for it. This is my Mother's Day gift. Best one ever, really. I have been wanting my own for so long. It is fun to play, although Nolan bugs bugs bugs me! I can't really play when he is sleeping and when he is awake, he just wants to bang on it while I play. And he tries to steal my books while I play. My skills are rusty. I look forward to fine-tuning my Sonatas and Sonatinas. When Matt saw me playing from my Backstreet Boys music book, he decided it might be time for some new music :)

We also found a Thomas blow up sleeping bag at the garage sale, which Nolan LOVES! Not to be outdone, we busted out one for sister that Matt found at Target back in January on clearance. We might have to put them to use this summer. Camping, anyone? Anyone?

It is Spring Break this week here. We have fun things planned! I have thoroughly enjoyed being lazy with the kids. The weather is beautiful and so we just play and ride bikes and play some more. We have no where to go and be at a certain time or anything. It's nice. I hope summer if more like this! Love to you all :)