Easter

Easter was really fun this year. The kids are getting to the age that they understand what is going on and they are excited about it. They did keep asking if Santa was coming and I had to remind them that it was the Easter Bunny who would be visiting that night. Speaking of visiting the Easter Bunny, we were at the mall one day so we thought we'd go sit on the Easter Bunny's lap. We get there and the kids not only won't sit on his lap, they won't touch him, look at him, say hello, nothing! So we walk away and Dayna suddenly says she wants to give the Easter Bunny a hug. So we have to go back down there, she still won't look at him or talk to him, but she just gives him a hug and walks away. Ethan wanted nothing to do with it.
 Anyway, a few days before Easter we made some Easter sugar cookies which were delicious. I love sugar cookies! They were shaped like bunnies, eggs, butterflies, and flowers. The kids helped me and they turned out really cute. Then the Saturday before Easter we colored eggs. I think the kids had more fun putting stickers on, than actually dying the eggs, but oh well. As long as they had fun!

Sunday morning the kids woke up to find the Easter Bunny had filled their baskets with way too much candy and had left them some Easter clothes. He had also hidden candy filled eggs all over the house. Dayna and Ethan went around the house finding all of their eggs. They loved it. Next came the part Evan and I loved. I thought it would be fun to have crepes for breakfast. I even thought it could be a little tradition... Easter morning we eat crepes. So I made these yummy crepes and we filled them with nutella, bananas, strawberries, peaches, and whipped cream. mmm, mmm, mmm. They were so good. The only problem was that the kids refused to eat them. They are so stubborn! They wouldn't even try them. So much for making it a tradition! Actually, I have every intention of doing crepes again next Easter. After breakfast we just relaxed and got ready for church. Of course, the kids wore their new Easter outfits. Through the week and especially on Easter we tried to talk about why we celebrate Easter and that we are really celebrating the life and resurrection of the Savior. I don't know how much they understood about it, but I think sometimes they understand more than we think they do.

Sally

We got a new dog. Atleast we think its a dog. It could be a coyote. Several weeks ago Evan found a dog abandoned on the side of the road so he decided to bring her home. The kids and I had been at a birthday party for one of Dayna's friends and when we arrived home the first words out of my mouth were "that better be someone elses dog!" Well, Dayna loves animals and she really bonded with it. So, I caved, and we decided to keep her (after we reported her to the animal shelter and waited the specified time to make sure no one claimed her). Her name is Sally. I don't know what it is, but there is something a little creepy about Sally. I think it might be that she sleeps with her eyes open... CREEPY! After we had her for about a week, Evan asked if I thought she might be a coyote. Uh, she better not be a coyote. We started researching it online, and lo and behold, if you type "black coyote" into a google search, it brings up a picture of our "dog." This freaked me out. Could we possibly have a coyote living in our house with us? I mean this is the kind of thing that happens to Evan us. I read everything I could about how to tell the difference between a dog and a coyote and after watching her for a few days, I came to the conclusion that she was a dog. Fast forward a few weeks... she gets really sick. I mean really sick, so we took her to the vet. Evan asked the vet if he thought our dog might be a coyote. The vet just laughed. He said he had never been asked that question before, but he assured Evan that she was a dog. Whew! I now sleep a little better at night knowing that our dog is, in fact, a dog!