Here Comes Peter Cotton Tail...

Happy Easter! Well we had a nice break from all the snow for Easter so it was an extra special treat. It was so nice to have the sun shining on such a special day. We had Easter at my place this year- Mark and his roommates, my brother Chad, and my roommate Vanessa celebrated it together. They all made fun of me because I got really excited for the day- Easter is my favorite- and had the whole day planned. :) First, we had an Easter egg hunt. Vanessa and I had to hide all the eggs before the boys got here. However, when we went out to the park to hide them there were a bunch of other guys out hiding eggs. We decided to just hide them by the cars and along the house...so it was like a little kids hunt. But it was still fun....This is Mark at the beginning of the hunt...he went right for the jackpot- the cars.
Mark and his roommate Kevin searched around the cars while the other guys went around the house. Kevin seemed to overlook most of the eggs so Mark scored on pretty much all of them in this area.
This is the hill on the side of our place. These are Mark's roommates searching.
Mark found the golden egg! .... and I didn't even tell him where it was...hehe! :)
After the hunt. It was fun to watch them. They were good sports...playing my kid's game. :)

Hanging out in the living room after the hunt. Time to start eating the really good Easter candy! We were waiting for my brother Chad to come down. Well Chad worked the night before so he was running a little late...he had just gotten off work an hour before he was supposed to head down from Salt Lake. We decided to start breakfast next- french toast with strawberries and cool whip- so good! We got a recipe from one of our friends who worked at a bakery around here...it's my favorite! (Kneader's french toast for those of you who are familiar with Provo)
Making the french toast. :)

Vanessa prepping the bread.


Chad got here during the breakfast! After breakfast everyone had to find their baskets. As tradition in my family we each get a basket every year and we have to find it first thing Easter morning- they were all hidden throughout the house. Everyone had a card that they had to match with the one in their basket. In the baskets everyone had a part of "The Living Christ" and we went around and each read our parts after. It was so much fun! :)Here are all the baskets. Everyone had candy and a book in their baskets. Mark and Chad had an Easter tie as well.Chad and I. For anyone that knows Chad...look....he had a nice tie on!!! Yipee!!!! And for those that don't know him...he has this weird thing for ugly ties. I try to help him get out of it.Mark and Jodie. Happy Easter....hope you were all able to enjoy this special day and that it was full of lots of fun, candy, and of course reflection on our Savior and his wonderful Atonement.