LEPRACHAUNS and THE EASTER BUNNY (a bit late-sorry)

Ok, so we have not been the best at staying posted lately and we are very sorry. It seems our life just gets busier and crazier and I have a bad feeling it is only going to get worse. Anyway, because we have been so busy, we have much to share. I will try to keep it brief as not to bore our loyal readers. J/K So.... HAPPY ST. PATTRICKS'S DAY!!! Or HAPPY LEPRACHAUN DAY!! (as the boys call it) St. Patty's Day is one of my very favorite holidays. Unfortunately, I don't think we focus on the REAL purpose of the holiday. Hmmm... nope. Don't even know what it is. But we do have loads of fun with leprachauns! We have a few traditions (passed on from my side) that our boys totally soak up. First, we MUST wear GREEN--Duh or else the pinchings run wild. Second, that TRIXY LITTLE LEPRACHAUN always sneaks into the house leaving many GREEN footprints to follow through out the house leading to a "SPECIAL POT OF GOLD" (aka. big green bowl of goodies). Also, the kids must be on the constant lookout for this LITTLE GREEN MAN. They will know where he has been because everything the leprachaun touches turns green. This year he got much of our food. We, as is tradition, had green zuchinni pancakes, green eggs, green buttermilk syrup, green "leprachaun juice", green milk, and green bacon. The boys had so much fun and already have big plans for thier LEPRACHAUN TRAP made of metal (cuz they can't go through metal)that they will build to get him next year. Here is a little video and some more pics. We celebrated at Bruce and Christy's house so their boys and cousin sweet Haylie could join in the fun.
Next... HAPPY EASTER!! This year, we had the priveledge of having Easter at our home.
Of course, the Easter Bunny did come and the boys had fun searching for thier Easter baskets that they had set out the night before. They were thrilled to find them loaded with eggs full of too many goodies and lots of fun little toys (thank you Dollar Store). We then headed to our 9am church meeting which really was wonderful. The speakers were superb and the spirit of the meeting was very strong. The hymns, I am happy to say because I get to choose them, definately added to that spirit. I get the priveledge of being up in front of the congregation leading the hymns each week. Easter was particularly wonderful to feel and see the beautiful spirit that touched our ward when we sang the closing hymn of "I know that my Redeemer Lives". That evening my family all came over for an Easter Feast. It really was a delicious feast of chicken pillows, mormon potatoes, yams, homeade rolls, jello, almond green beans and banana cream and chocolate cream pies for dessert. After dinner we had an egg hunt in our back yard where the kids got more treats (fruit snacks and animal crackers- what a boring Easter Bunny-eh?) We then watched the animated video of He Is Risen. It was a very fun day. We are so grateful for our savior Jesus Christ and His ultimate sacrifice for us.