Easter and Conference Weekend

We just had the most wonderful Easter and Conference weekend and I'm making sure to write this down while it's still fresh so I don't forget. 

Halle and Beau got little Easter baskets with a toy and a book, and Halle looked for Easter eggs throughout the house that I filled with stickers because I was so sick of her eating candy. haha.  This was the first year that Halle understood what Easter was and that it was a holiday. I tried to teach her that it was about Jesus, but also to have fun with the eggs, bunnies, etc. I don't know how much she took in, but I feel that this Easter season has made a big impact on my life and I am extremely grateful for that. 

I have been grateful to have a reason to stop and reflect on my Savior and all that He has done for me. I could never forget Him, but it's so sad that I needed a reason to do that, and I hope to change that going forward. Life has been crazy and hectic with these two sweet kiddos lately and sometimes the most important things get overlooked. I feel this new determination to put Christ first in everything I do and to truly always remember Him. 

This song had such an impact on me this Easter Season:

He is risen! He is risen!

Tell it out with joyful voice.

He has burst his three days’ prison;

Let the whole wide earth rejoice.

Death is conquered; man is free.

Christ has won the victory.

On Palm Sunday we didn't have Church until one, so we watched a bunch of the Easter videos about the Savior and I was feeling so alive and grateful for Him. I love Him so much and stand in awe of all the things that I have through Him. I was thinking about how throughout my life sometimes I have been super close to Him, and other times I have been quite distant with Him. He has been my very best friend and that friend that I have neglected at times.  I love Him and I am so grateful that He is risen! As Halle and Beau get older, I can't wait to keep teaching them about Him. 

As if Easter wasn't enough, conference was on Easter Sunday and it was just too perfect. Not too many things in life make me happier than General Conference. Standing for the Solemn Assembly when we sustained Pres. Nelson was incredible. I was sobbing. I love him so much and I know he is a prophet of God. He visited my mission once and I shook his hand and then he visited the office I worked at when I was pregnant with Halle and I was able to speak to him. The look on his face when we all stood and sustained him was amazing to see. He looked so humble and just so grateful. With all the changes to the church that happened at this conference, I couldn't help but think how Heavenly Father loves us so much and everything is happening exactly as it should. I feel so grateful to be apart of it all. 

Since we had Easter Sunday on Conference Sunday, I had them wear their Easter best the week before. I love them I love them I love them!