Easter Days

April 19 was Hanging Out Day. I got to hang out with Jr. at another UVU event. 

Besides the lunch they provided, the also had a soda bar and candy bar. We got lots of candy. I got a lemon-lime soda with coconut and pineapple flavoring in it based on Jr.'s suggestion. Thank you, Jr. It was yummy.

At the end of the event, they had a Bingo competition. I won! I won! I won! I won a little air fryer. 

I've used it a couple times since I brought it home, both times to make mini jalapeno popper egg rolls. I love those things.

 

That afternoon we had an Easter egg hunt at home. Jet loved it. I'm sure the older kids did as well. It was fun to see Jet didn't need guidance this year like he has in some past years. He was told which color egg to look for and didn't try taking anybody else's eggs.

April 20 was Easter. We went to church and had a beautiful Sacrament Meeting then a brunch in the cultural hall afterward.

We were able to put together an Easter dinner that day. We had ham, scalloped potatoes (from a Season of Family Meal Plans, volume 2, by Jordan Page), pineapple, and resurrection rolls or empty tomb rolls.

I had everybody come help with the rolls and taught them what each part represented.

Roll dough represents the tomb. A regular sized marshmallow represents Christ's body. Dip it in melted butter then sprinkle with cinnamon sugar mixture to represent the oil and spices used to prepare His body for burial. Wrap it up in the tomb/dough and bake about 20 minutes. When you open the tomb, it is empty for He is risen. That's what it represents.

 

It was a nice little reminder during our dinner of what Easter is really about. Because Christ was resurrected, we will be resurrected, too. All the physical troubles our bodies go through in this life won't follow us through eternity. But the relationships we cultivate here on Earth, whether it's going to church together to learn more about our Savior or making a fun treat together, will last. What a marvelous blessing.

Other Narch thins

Sometimes on my phone I will make a note of blogworthy things or just ways we celebrated. Besides the holidays, I wanted to talk about some of the other things we did in March so I wrote on my note quickly "Other March Things" except that it came out "Other Narch thins." It doesn't matter if I have typos on temporary notes so I left it but then as I was about to start this post, I thought it was funny so now I'm permanently putting it on my blog. Tee Hee.

So... other Narch thins:

I did RootsTech online again to get some ideas about family history. Someday I'll actually put into practice things I learn.

This is me joining in with the "selfie" in one of the presentations.

Tee Hee.

Lucky did outside service for a school thing.

I try to menu plan in advance and sometimes there are last minute changes based on schedules or how tired/motivated I am to make dinner, etc. etc. Sometimes, however, there are last minute changes because I see a recipe that I just want to do so I set aside what is on the plan to do what I want.

In this case Our Best Bites posted about Cheeseburger Salad Bowls on Instagram and I wanted them and they were a lot quicker than what I was going to make and I do not regret it. I had the ingredients so it was easy to toss together. I will definitely make them again.

Jeremy got some things shipped in a couple of BIG cardboard boxes which Jet loved. He and Lucky had some fun playing ("Pop Goes the Weasel" Jack in the Box- you know the one) and it was a good "nest" for watching movies. Jet even fell asleep one night in a box. 

My niece had a birthday in March and Jet insisted that we make a cake to celebrate. We put one candle on and whoever wanted to got to blow it out. Then we sent the video of us singing, "Happy Birthday," to my niece. She got a kick out of it.

Jr. and I went to an event at UVU and got a picture with Willy the Wolverine. Man, I'm short.

 

Some of our kids were having trouble with school work so Jeremy set up an area complete with snacks to create a comfortable environment for them to work in.

 

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