Easter 2016

We had a wonderful time celebrating Easter this year. We even colored Easter Eggs...

 

...the only thing is, we dyed the wrong eggs!  I had boiled eggs earlier in the morning.  When it was time to dye the eggs, the kids pulled the wrong eggs out of the fridge.  I didn't notice until all the raw eggs were dyed and we were all cleaned up!

Grandma and Grandpa Haacke hosted an egg hunt this year while the cousins were in town for their Spring Break.  They each had to find 12 eggs with their name on it.  Some of the boys had a harder time than other. 

It took McKay a while to find all of his eggs.  In fact, he was the last one done.  Uncle Paul had been particularly tricky hiding one of McKay's eggs in the rain gutter.
 

Jaxon had better luck finding his eggs.  He even gave me a big thumbs up!

Josh checking to see if the found egg belonged to him.  (For some reason his arm was hurting this day so he thought it was necessary to wear the sling from the dress up box.)
 

Kayden and Marissa having a good time searching for eggs together.

On Easter Sunday the Easter Bunny did a few things differently at our house.  Some of the household members are trying to stay away from candy, so the Easter Bunny hid Easter Baskets full of fun favorite things of each of the boys.

 

Checking out their loot.

The boys liked the new tradition of hidden Easter baskets and put in a request for the Easter Bunny to continue on this tradition in years to come. 

Brian Regan

Santa brought us tickets to go see the comedian Brian Regan for Christmas.  Three months later, we were able to go!  We had a good time laughing together enjoying all of the jokes.

What a fun memory!

Provo City Temple Open House

In December of 2010,  historic LDS Provo Tabernacle caught fire and was destroyed.  The community was crushed.  We were all sad to see it burn.  When our prophet, President Thomas S. Monson, announced the tabernacle would be rebuild into a temple in October 2011, we all rejoiced!  It was exciting to see the tabernacle rise from the ashes into a beautiful temple.  We were able to visit the temple and see it before it was dedicated.  It is absolutely beautiful!

We were able to attend the open house with Grandma and Grandpa Haacke and cousins Sara and Becca.  It was a nice day (despite McKay's silliness in the bottom left picture).

The whole gang at the end of the temple tour.