Egg Hunt Pros

We're on our way to celebrating Easter almost every day around here. We started out with an FHE lesson on why we celebrate Easter. We've already been to two egg hunts and countless "practice" rounds in the back yard (hosted by Addison). Addi throws all the empty eggs in the back yard and then works her way around and finds them. Avery is devastated as she discovers that there is NO candy in the eggs that Addison throws. I helped host an egg hunt for playgroup last week and it was a hit. There was a great turnout and we had a ton of eggs. Avery was timid at first and then got the hang of it. Dave had to work last weekend so I took the girls to a fun Easter activity at the YMCA. They got to participate in an egg hunt, meet the Easter bunny and have breakfast. It was the perfect activity to keep us busy. The girls didn't even cry by the bunny! My parents came up for the afternoon and we dyed some eggs. Avery was a pro at dropping the eggs (more like throwing) into the cups. We also found this really cool egg event put on at the local high school. It was a helicopter egg drop. A few helicopters dropped thousands of eggs from way up in the sky. It was an absolute zoo and Addison only got a few eggs. Poor Avery was kept strapped in her stroller because of the crazy crowd and I was by myself.The general women's broadcast was this past weekend as well. I always enjoy being spiritually uplifted before conference follows the next weekend. Living close by my mom we've started a little tradition of going out to dinner before. We picked Olive Garden this time and it was so yummy! Dave had a day off work today so we braved the zoo during spring break. It was kind of a bad idea. We had a hard time finding parking and all the exhibits were packed. It was a good thing we have membership and it didn't matter that we left after a couple hours! We had the sister missionaries over for dinner which the girls usually love. I think they were tired from the zoo and being out in the sun with no naps. One of the sisters had never had Skyline before so we introduced her to that. Avery pulled out all her fancy tricks and threw noodles everywhere including her hair. It took both Dave and I to clean up afterwards with sweeping and mopping.

Avery had her 18 month appointment and is a little delayed in a few areas. I have to set up an appointment with the state department to have an evaluation. Avery's speech isn't as developed as her doctor would like and she still is having a difficult time expressing her feelings. Hopefully the evaluation happens within the next couple months and we can start working on things at home. Easter is this Sunday and so is conference. I love when these two fall on the same day. I'm hosting dinner this year and it's the one holiday that I enjoy cooking the meal. Addison is hoping that the bunny brings her a Frozen fishing pole:) I'll cross my fingers for her!