Easter!

This year for Easter we got a great idea...and then it turned out to not be such a great idea.  We decided to get the kids a pool to set up out back.  Sounded like a great idea!!  I finally had children old enough that I would not be worried about one of them falling in and drowning!  Needless to say...they loved it!  It sat in our garage until spring when we started thinking about setting it up.  Then the not so good part came forth.  We didn't realize what it takes to maintain a pool that you are going to leave up for the entire summer.  Chemicals, shock treatments, filters...sounded like a foreign language to me!  I called several people and spent a day online trying to make heads or tails of it.  In the end, we decided it was too much work.  I know, we are bad parents!  So...I bribed Quincy and Brinley into getting a smaller pool with the money from the return and I bought Kade a season pass to Toads!  I think Em came up short on that one!!

They got beach towels as well...so it wasn't a total loss!  And besides...the real reason we celebrate Easter is to remember the Savior and think about the amazing fact that He was resurrected and that we can be also.  Chris and I had to be the speakers in Sacrament Meeting on Easter Sunday.  Although it was very scary I think we both felt grateful for the opportunity.  We both learned so much and really had our testimonies of the Resurrection of the Savior strengthened. It was a good day!