Easter Weekend

Saturday was a fun and crazy day. We went to the Cottonwood Heights Easter Egg hunt and that was a lot of fun. Unfortunatly Max was so excited about hunting eggs that he didn't notice them falling out of his basket. By the time Steven relized it Max didn't have any left. Steven saw a bunny whistle on the ground and snatched it up for him. Max's group was for kids 5-8 years old so the bigger kids were expert egg hunters. Elese and I did the one for 0-2 year olds. She had fun. They always have great items in the eggs and the best part is that it is FREE!

I left them at the Rec Center (with a spare car) and ran home and changed my clothes. I had my Broadway NATS competition (singing competition). I felt pretty good about it but I wasn't sure how I would score because I had a cold (I still have it, going on 3 weeks now). A neighbor was there watching me and told me that she could tell I was sick and that my bravado was a little out of control but she said it isn't usually like that so it must have been because I was sick. One of the judges also mentioned the bravodo thing. Well desipte not being in my best form I won 3rd place & a check for $45. I was the only girl to place...so had they split us up I would have placed 1st...pretty cool!

Then Steven and I went shopping and we went with his parents and sister to dinner. Elese was not very cooperative at dinner but what can you do.

The kids woke up and started searching everywhere to find there Easter baskets. Max was sure that the Easter bunny had hide it in the same place as last year. He was wrong. His Easter basket was in the dryer and Elese's was under the TV. They were both thrilled with what the Easter bunny brought them. Max got a black Spiderman costume. He wears it everyday and even keeps it in his backpack when he isn't wearing it, "just like Peter Parker". Else got a guitar and she loves it! She plays it and sings "Rock Chick" from her Dance Baby Dance DVD. Of course they got a ton of Candy as well. Elese is wearing a silly hat to keep her from pulling out her curlers.

Max sang "I Wonder When He Comes Again" as a solo in sacrament meeting. He did a great job. I could tell he was a little nervous or maybe just excited. He is really good about singing on pitch but when a note is too high for him he resorts to singing the alto part without realizing it. I changed the key of the song so that it would be in his range but in his excitement he didn't really sing the melody much and skiped around from part to part. All in all he did great and I was very proud of him. Once he finished he decided that it would be a good idea to jump off of the stool (you know the one they have for kids to stand on during the primary program?) he was standing on and he went flying. I reached out to catch him but the Bishop and his counselor were closer and helped him come to a safe landing.

It turns out that I'm not great about taking lots of pictures when I should be taking lots of pictures. I had choir in the morning and I'm the choir president and I was leading one of the songs in sacrament so I had to go. I decided that I would take pictures of them all dressed up for Easter after choir and before church, but I didn't. So what you see is what you get (Thanks Lithia). My neice showed up a couple days before Easter with this cute dress! My brother and his wife decided to by my neice Violet (not their daugher) an Easter dress and the thought that they should get Elese one too. My sister-in-law Suzy is very stylish and I love it when she buys things for Elese. My favorite of Elese's outfits are all from her! In these photos the dress is covered in chocolate as well as her face but at least she is having fun. Also, her hair looked much cuter pre-nap. Max opted out of wearing dress clothes and just stuck with his Spiderman costume.