Easter 2013

We tend to spend Easter in Hurricane, Utah every year. This year was especially great because our nephew, Alexander, had his missionary farewell at church on Easter Sunday. We visited Zion National Park on Saturday with the family. We rode the tram, admired the beauty and took a little walk there. One day I would love to leave the kids behind and go for a long hike there. It is beautiful and I have a feeling when you hike into it there is so much more beauty.

Later that night we got take-out Cafe Rio and had a picnic at a park. Then headed back to Grammy & Grampa's to color Easter eggs and prepare for an early morning. Easter morning was a bit crazy. Since we had so much to do we made the kids get ready for church before finding their baskets, then we headed to Shawna's for an Easter egg hunt and then straight to church. Church was at 9am, which is 8am our time and somehow we got there early. It was great. Alexander gave a great talk and we had lunch afterward at the park behind Shawna's house. It was amazing how much stuff we crammed into Easter morning. The kids had a blast and had way too much candy.

A couple days after returning home from Utah "Elder Bub" (what the kids call him) or Alexander flew out to the Guatemala MTC before he heads to San Salvador, El Salvador. Lucky for us he had a 6 hour layover at LAX. We picked him up and took him to In-N-Out for dinner. On the way to pick him up Liam threw up all over himself. Since getting off the freeway in Compton or Inglewood was not an option I unbuckled and cleaned him up in the back of the car. He got it on his whole outfit. I started stripping him down and realized he wasn't wearing underwear. He is such a boy! He tries to get away with no underwear whenever he can. So, when we did pick Alexander up Liam was buckled in his booster completely naked. Thank heavens there was a Kohls right next to the In-N-Out. It was so fun to be the last family members to talk to him in the states and see his shock and excitement. He kept saying "I just can't believe it. I'm gonna be in Guatemala soon". We were so glad we had that opportunity with him.