Easter Weekend

Sunday, April 04, 2010

Easter Weekend

I look at all of these pictures, and I can't believe we fit all of this in on General Conference Weekend. Last year Easter collided with Peter's Birthday. This year, with General Conference. I am looking forward to next year having Easter all by itself. But despite the business of the weekend, it was a good one! Before the first session of conference, we headed over to the city park for a candy hunt. It is always fast, but fun. My sister and her family came as well, and once it was over, we headed over to their house to see the new little chicks the Easter Bunny had brought them!

Between sessions of conference, we dyed our Easter Eggs. It was a good, fun, family time.

After the second session of conference, I headed out shopping with Andy's mom. He went to the Priesthood session with his dad and brother, and then we met up, like we always do, for dinner afterwards. It's a fun tradition that I look forward to every six months!

We got home late, and realized that the Easter Bunny still had some shopping to do, so we headed out for that. We were finally resting our head to our pillows around 1:00 in the morning when I casually mentioned that I was feeling paranoid about carbon monoxide poisoning. We have been meaning to get an alarm for a while since we have two furances, both of which are about 20 years old. Anyway, I apparently spooked Andy a bit with my comments, because next thing I knew, he was headed out to the store. He came home and then we had the alarm going off at 2:00 in the morning while we tried to get it set up. Wow. Tired, loud mess in the middle of the night.

Sunday morning started all too early. Ammon was eager to see what had happened during the night in terms of a visit from the Easter Bunny so we went in and woke Peter up. Poor guy was sleeping on his feet. He perked up when he saw the light saber in his "basket", but even then it took him a while to wake up completely. He spent the morning chomping down chocolate and other candy, though, so he got his sugar buzz and was good to go eventually.

We had a yummy breakfast ready to eat just in time to sit down for the first Sunday session of conference. We had our kids watch that one, so it was pretty torturous for us all. We survived the two hours and started cooking for our family dinner. The second session of conference was much more enjoyable for me and we had guests arriving shortly after. At dinner I noted that Nunes people married smart - all of our spouses are great cooks. My sister and her husband brought deviled eggs and a ham that far surpasses Honey Baked. My brothers wife brought an amazing Apple/Pear salad and some divine mint brownies. Andy and I made the Lion House Baked Beans, Lion House Potato Casserole and homemade breadsticks. I love family and good food. It's the best combination ever!

After dinner, my mom did her annual easter egg hunt with the grandkids. Each child had their own color egg to hunt down in the back yard. It is SOOO fun!

This weekend was packed full and completely exhausting, but what a great time!

3 comments:

KatyApril 4, 2010 at 9:46 PM
It was lots of fun!
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KristaApril 6, 2010 at 2:15 PM
It really was crazy having Easter the same weekend as Conference. But still tons of fun!
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UnknownApril 7, 2010 at 10:20 PM
For some reason the first time I saw this post it didn't show up properly, so I missed like 80% of it.
Anyways, I looks like you all had a ton of fun an the food sounds amazing!! I am jealous, lol. Glad you guys had a good weekend.
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Family Proclamation

The First Presidency and Council of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

We, the First Presidency and the Council of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, solemnly proclaim that marriage between a man and a woman is ordained of God and that the family is central to the Creator's plan for the eternal destiny of His children.All human beings—male and female—are created in the image of God. Each is a beloved spirit son or daughter of heavenly parents, and, as such, each has a divine nature and destiny. Gender is an essential characteristic of individual premortal, mortal, and eternal identity and purpose.In the premortal realm, spirit sons and daughters knew and worshiped God as their Eternal Father and accepted His plan by which His children could obtain a physical body and gain earthly experience to progress toward perfection and ultimately realize his or her divine destiny as an heir of eternal life. The divine plan of happiness enables family relationships to be perpetuated beyond the grave. Sacred ordinances and covenants available in holy temples make it possible for individuals to return to the presence of God and for families to be united eternally.The first commandment that God gave to Adam and Eve pertained to their potential for parenthood as husband and wife. We declare that God's commandment for His children to multiply and replenish the earth remains in force. We further declare that God has commanded that the sacred powers of procreation are to be employed only between man and woman, lawfully wedded as husband and wife.We declare the means by which mortal life is created to be divinely appointed. We affirm the sanctity of life and of its importance in God's eternal plan.Husband and wife have a solemn responsibility to love and care for each other and for their children. "Children are an heritage of the Lord" (Psalms 127:3). Parents have a sacred duty to rear their children in love and righteousness, to provide for their physical and spiritual needs, to teach them to love and serve one another, to observe the commandments of God and to be law-abiding citizens wherever they live. Husbands and wives—mothers and fathers—will be held accountable before God for the discharge of these obligations.The family is ordained of God. Marriage between man and woman is essential to His eternal plan. Children are entitled to birth within the bonds of matrimony, and to be reared by a father and a mother who honor marital vows with complete fidelity. Happiness in family life is most likely to be achieved when founded upon the teachings of the Lord Jesus Christ. Successful marriages and families are established and maintained on principles of faith, prayer, repentance, forgiveness, respect, love, compassion, work, and wholesome recreational activities. By divine design, fathers are to preside over their families in love and righteousness and are responsible to provide the necessities of life and protection for their families. Mothers are primarily responsible for the nurture of their children. In these sacred responsibilities, fathers and mothers are obligated to help one another as equal partners. Disability, death, or other circumstances may necessitate individual adaptation. Extended families should lend support when needed.We warn that individuals who violate covenants of chastity, who abuse spouse or offspring, or who fail to fulfill family responsibilities will one day stand accountable before God. Further, we warn that the disintegration of the family will bring upon individuals, communities, and nations the calamities foretold by ancient and modern prophets.We call upon responsible citizens and officers of government everywhere to promote those measures designed to maintain and strengthen the family as the fundamental unit of society.

This proclamation was read by President Gordon B. Hinckley as part of his message at the General Relief Society Meeting held September 23, 1995, in Salt Lake City, Utah.