Easter Fun

Saturday we spent the morning with Chad's family. We hid eggs for the kids and they hunted them down. Then we had a lovely lunch. After we hung out with the Jones' we headed to the Ogden Temple with Jack and Mandi to do some work for our relatives. After the temple we went to Beto's mexican hole in the wall - my favorite!

Sunday morning my sister and I dyed eggs, which we haven't done in quite a while. It was fun and I think some of my eggs turned out really cool.



Then Chad and I hid the eggs for Jack and Mandi. We have no kids so Jack and Mandi got to be the kids. It was fun to really hide the eggs and make them really work to find them. Chad hid one so well in the grass that even after he showed me where he hid it, I still could not see it. I ended up tripping over it when I was trying to help Mandi find it.

After dinner we watched the Original Ten Commandments, which we had recorded from Saturday evening. It was 4hrs and 44min - crazy long. luckily I was able to fast forward through the commercials. I do enjoy watching that movie cheese and all. Chad's favorite part is when the girls dance and swing their hair around - he thinks it is ultra cheesy - which it is!

We had a good Easter and it was nice to reflect upon our Savior and all he did for us.

Life is a test. . .

Life is a test on how you treat people.

Today I learned that one of our cub scouts' dad passed away suddenly without warning on Saturday. They were together as a family at a family cabin. I wonder what was the last communication between the dad and his wife and kids. It made me think back over my life especially the last couple of days and to think how I treated the ones I love the most. As I evaluated my words and actions I learned I have a lot to learn and do to ensure the ones I love know that I love them.

Then today a girl at work who frequently annoys me was really annoying me. She is constantly trying to show off and be the center of attention. When I announced last year that I was pregnant she had just told people that she was not ready to be a mother yet. Yet 8 weeks later she was pregnant and showing off her ultrasound to everyone.
Today she was showing off pictures of how they painted the nursery. She was intent on making sure everyone in the office saw them and that no one felt left out. When she asked if I wanted to see them I first got mad because I felt like she was just trying to rub it in my face that she is prego and that I am not. I had written a response to her in my anger then thought I better not. I felt like she was rubbing my face in it but I decided to be the bigger person and not say anything. I hope she was not trying to hurt me and just wasn't thinking of the pain it would cause me.

Also today my friend told me of something really stupid someone said to her brother. It floored me that someone of LDS beliefs, who just returned from a mission could say something so cruel and un-Christlike. It also made me evaluate my words to see if I ever say something that would be un-Christlike or painful to someone else.

I guess this was a lesson I needed to learn because 3 times the Lord was proving a point to me today. Hopefully I can catch on and try to treat others with a little more love.

Spring is here

Well I am trying to pretend that spring is here. Saturday morning we woke up to snow, which needless to say put a damper on my day. Luckily it was conference and we got to stay home and vegge on the couch while listening to conference.

Today I decided it was time to plant my seeds for my garden. I have tried for the last 3 years to get green beans and sugar snap peas to grow and I have had no luck. I learned 2 years ago that you can NOT transplat the little buggers. So last year I planted them in big pots and I got 4 or 5 foot vines but then I forgot to water them. If they are not in the garden on the sprinkler system they are a gonner. I can not be held responsible to remember to water something on a regular basis hence the lovely drip system Chad installed for the garden. So needless to say those lovely long vines did not last long.

Well it is suppose to be nice this week, so I went out on the wild side and finally planted the green beans and sugar snap peas in the garden. Lets just pray the snow is over and done with for the season and I can get some home grown green beans this year!