Hoppy Easter?

We've reached an interesting point in our family's Easter celebrations.  Dwayne is at work and Dexter doesn't live here.  It's just the two of us now and it seems kind of silly to do the whole Easter egg thing.  After church today, Emerson commented on how he keeps waiting for the Sunday when they speak on the meaning behind the bunny and the eggs.  We already know the other story - Jesus, crucifixion, resurrection, etc.  We got a bit irreverent goofing around with the concept and I found a blog post with a good take on it in addition to a picture that depicted our conversation. 

No colored eggs or bunnies for us this year, but we will keep up our tradition of making potato salad.  The only change will be that the eggs won't have fun coloring leaking through.  Whether we are losing the fun involved with traditional celebrations with our kids or just learning to focus on the real reason for the Easter holiday, things have definitely changed for us.

Spring Snow

 After a few nice warm days this week, we woke up this morning to a thick blanket of snow.  Bummer!  I am so ready for better weather.  Emerson and I have plans for clearing out the sheds and ridding ourselves of some excess junk.  We also need to be able to free up space in the house so we can organize our business stuff better.  I'm not asking for scorching sunshine, just warm enough to get some stuff done.  It would be nice if the warm days were on the weekend instead of while we're working, too.

We've enjoyed family visits recently - Mom, Evonne, Sydney and Seth came up for a weekend and I was glad I could give them the grass dance outfit we made for Seth.  If I had to mail it, who knows when he would have gotten it.  Loren came up for the BYU powwow last weekend and all the various get-togethers for alumni. We really can't get enough of these family visits!

Emerson has had some fun experiences at work recently.  The best was the day when they asked him to substitute for the weightlifting class since the PE teacher was sick.  He really enjoyed it and the school administrators now realize that he's a licensed teacher, so he may get to substitute more in the future.  It's also that time of year where the school districts are starting to list jobs for next school year and we're excited to see what comes up.

Things are getting busier for me at work with the play and working on the annual golf tournament with the Rotary Club.  I'm loving my involvement in the Women's Business Network and I'm excited that we're having an event later this year that should become a legacy of what we've been trying to do for business women.  I'm still tutoring two students and I appreciate the extra money coming in.  One of them is definitely challenging me and I'm trying to figure out how to motivate her (especially since I didn't do so well with my own kids).  I've been glad that other people have been willing to help with the play since our usual director was just barely recovering from getting both knees replaced and then ended up falling at physical therapy and broke her hip.  Fortunately, the kids in this year's cast are amazing and should have no problem being ready in time.

Emerson and I had fun visiting the Scrapbook Expo and the Gem Faire last weekend.  We stocked up on some supplies and got to check out new products.  Business is slow in our shop, but the blog is helping us get some exposure and I'm working hard to keep up with networking online.

Thanks again to all of you for supporting us along the way. Life is full of difficulties and we feel blessed to have our friends and family to help us get through everything.  We're also grateful when we can return the favor and help you out.  I feel blessed to have a husband who loves me so very much and puts up with the moodiness and my crazy schedule while doing the majority of the cooking and keeping the house clean.