Easter 2011

We had a wonderful Easter weekend. Aside from Zac having to work on Saturday, we enjoyed the time we had together.
On Saturday Gavin and I went to an Easter Egg Hunt with some families in our ward. We gave 15 eggs for each child that we had and then one of the families went earlier to hide them. There were probably 20 or so kids there. And we just went to a small park. Gavin didn't really care to find anymore once he had one in each hand, so I literally had to drag him around the park to look for more. It took us quite a while to get our 15, but he was sure excited when he realized there was candy inside. Each family brought something to share for a luncheon afterwards and it was a lot of fun. I am truly grateful to the families that were willing to set this up! :)

He really only cared about the sticks while we were waiting to start the Easter Egg hunt.

You can see what I mean by dragging Gavin around. Yes, that is a leash or more specifically called a Harness Buddy. Best. Investment. EVER. You may think this is cruel. But I don't care. When your 17 month old child runs away from you in the mall and out into the parking lot to get rocks, etc, etc. You have no choice. And I have had far too many experiences worrying about him. Plus Gavin and I will be traveling to see my Mom in a few weeks and there is no way I would make it through the airport without this. Anyways, better safe than sorry in my opinion.
We were able to go to a free-day at the Botanic Gardens on Friday and of course I took the leash. Or Bo-Bo as we call it. Many of the older adults thought that it was such a good idea. Apparently they had never seen them before. Gavin does get a little frustrated when we cannot run away as far as he hopes, but for the most part it works out really well.
Saturday evening we had a BBQ for my friend Alana's birthday. She is the one in our group of friends closest to my age, and it was fun to hang out with everyone. The weather was a little windy for the most part, but the sun kept coming out every little bit. We eventually moved it inside when the sun started to go down because it was just too cold.
On Sunday I had to be at church early to warm up for the choir before we sang in Sacrament Meeting. The hard part was that we have all been sick for over a week. Gavin got over it first, and it has just held on for Zac and I. Mostly just fever, sore throats, runny noses, that sort. Zac woke up miserable on Sunday, and I just felt stomach flu sick. So I went to church and came back to get Zac and Gavin just for Sacrament Meeting. We were able to hear some wonderful talks about the Savior for Easter Sunday and the choir sang This Is the Christ. I wish that I could say that I enjoy my calling more, it's not that I don't like it, it is just a VERY stressful calling. But, I am grateful for the opportunity I have to share music.

I wish I could say that we had an amazing Easter dinner. But, it just isn't true. I thought about it, but knowing only two of us would really eat it, I decided not to. And good thing too, because I was not up for all that cooking. So we had a simple dinner and while it was cooking I set up an Easter Egg hunt around the house. Zac was able to help Gavin find all the eggs, and I think they both enjoyed it. I love watching them interact together. I have all of Gavin's candy in the closet so that he can't get it. Because he would probably eat it all in a day if he could. With the wrappers still on the candy too. :) So I will just give him a little each day so that he doesn't expect to eat it all day long.

And that's about it. Gavin and I go to playgroup and story hour at the library each week. I have decided to try and read the entire Harry Potter series before the last movie comes out. I forgot how much I LOVE those books. I become so absorbed in the world that J.K. Rowling creates, and I am really sad that series is over. But at least I can read them over and over again. I have also convinced :) three of my friends to join me at Zumba. I hope they are enjoying it, but I am pretty much addicted so my opinion is probably biased. But I love having friends to go with.
Zac has been given some tougher, more complicated responsibilities at work, so he is learning a lot of new things right now, but he still enjoys it.

And here is a picture of a dress that I made. It has taken me a while to finish because I do not have a lot of time to sew, and it is not perfect, but I am pretty happy with how it turned out.





And more importantly. Gavin slept through the night EVERY. SINGLE. NIGHT. last week. He started doing about every other night for about two weeks before that. Hopefully we don't jinx it and it sticks. But we are SO grateful that he has discovered sleep. :)