Easter Weekend

Those of you who are regular readers of this blog, (which I'm guessing isn't very many!), were probably wondering if I really did run away after my last post. Well, I didn't. I'm still here. That night, Ryan took care of giving Whitney her binky and I slept. It was wonderful. And, Saturday night, she only woke up at 5 a.m. I got up and put her binky back in her mouth and she slept until about 7:30. It made such a difference in how I was feeling. I also got the chance to go to the temple with Ryan on Saturday morning--and that helped, too. I think it's the second time since Whitney was born that we have gone somewhere without at least one kid. I love my kids--but that was a good feeling for a little while!

Our Easter celebration was wonderful and pretty low-key. Sunday morning, we got Kallie up and she played with the things in her Easter basket. Her favorite item was a four-pack of sunglasses that I got for $2 at Wal-Mart. She LOVES her "gyasses" and is constantly searching for the ONE color that she can't find. Kallie also got some outside toys, a shovel, rake, and hoe, and a little watering can. She begged us ALL day to put water in her "wah-wah tan." It's been so cold recently that I haven't let her use it with water yet! We didn't do an Easter basket for Whitney because she's so young still.

Kallie looked like a princess in her Easter dress. I'll have to post some pics sometime soon. Church was good, but I was somewhat distracted with the kids during sacrament meeting. At the end of Nursery, Kallie got a brown bag, cut to look like a bunny, from her nursery leaders. It was the CUTEST little thing!

On a side note, I LOVE the nursery in this ward. Our other ward's nursery was fine, but for some reason, Kallie cried every week when we dropped her off. So far, she hasn't cried once when we've dropped her off in this ward. I don't know what the difference is, but she's much more comfortable here--and that is SUCH a relief as a parent.

Sunday evening, we had a family dinner with lots of yummy food. We didn't do an Easter egg hunt, although Kallie has been asking for pink eggs, (from what we colored on Saturday night), every morning since then. So cute! Overall, it was just a really nice, easy day--which after last week was exactly what I needed!