Easter

Easter was sooo fun!  I have a few pictures, but of course their not ready.  But, Harrison loved it and had a great time, 2 Easter egg hunts, basket in the morning, cute church outfit (his first tie, he was totally excited about) chocolate supply for awhile, and nice family dinner at the end.

We also had a great little FHE tonight to review the true meaning of Easter.  Here's how it went:

We had a paper cutout of Jesus' Tomb, with a rock cutout and a Jesus cutout and I was trying to show him what happened on Easter.  We went through the story and I felt like, whew, I think he kinda getting it.  He would move the rock away from the tomb and bring Jesus up through the tomb door and say, "Yay!"  I told him that's what Easter was all about.  You know, not bad for a 3 year-old.  He was a little confused and asked at one point, "Where's the Easter Bunny?"  Well, maybe we're not quite clear, but we're working on it.

For me, I have moved on from the Easter Bunny, and truly feel blessed to understand more fully what it's all about.  I loved the General Conference talk by Elder Holland, here is part of his Easter message.  His words about Christ were beautiful and inspired...

Happy Birthday!

Harrison's birthday - He's 3 and so big now.  He loved having his own birthday and all the attention that went with it.  The highlights were bowling with the family, Harrison wanting to give his presents to everyone else, the German Chocolate loveliness of a cake, having Oma come out especially for Harrison and just a celebration of Harrison and the special boy that he is.  I could just tell he loved every minute of the day and all the little surprises that came with it.  I am blessed to have a family that loves my child and supports Chris and I in all our efforts...thank you!

"I'm supposed to blow out the candles and I practiced and practiced, but when it came time I got scared and had to have Mom help."  

Love the cake!

Yes, that's a Ute soccer ball, given to him by his Oma.  I can't really say anything about that, I was just excited that she travelled all the way out for the birthday. ;)

Look how pleased he looks!

What to blog about?

So many things to blog about, Harrison's birthday, trip to So. Utah, General Conference weekend, or the my husband's reaction to the end of March Madness. I'll go with the last one, I'm sitting on the couch with him, and the "One Shining Moment" song comes on at the end the game with a video montage. Here's how it goes:

Me: What's this song? It's totally cheesy.
Chris: "One Shining Moment"
Me: Is this like a traditional song? It sounds really old and very "adult contemporary."
Chris: Shhh. Yes. (Turns up the volume.)
Me: Interesting, it's pretty "corny" if you ask me.
Chris: Sniffle. Sniffle.

Maybe I can blog about the more important things soon.

Clearing the air

Since I can't get onto the "Moon Lighting" blog, because my husband is the ONLY one that wrote on it, I thought I would try and clear the air on my own blog.   

1) Anything written on that blog was pretty much false, if in doubt, don't believe it.  Chris was just having a grand old time making things up and Amy did not get botox, or gamble, or ditch church or any of the other silly little things Chris dreamed up.

2) If you do gamble, get botox, watch rated-R movied, ditch church occasionally.  PLEASE do not be offended, by my husband's humor.  

3) Amy, thanks for being a good sport.  I'm sure you're wondering how on earth you got mixed up with the Thomas family.

4) Brian Wright is in no way associated with the doings of the "Moon Lighting" blog.  Poor guy just lives in close proximity and has been involved in other pranks.  My guess is Chris was trying to throw a curve ball and stir the pot a little more and add to the confusion.  

5) My involvement was minimal, as it usually is, I was:

a. Sworn to secrecy

b. Guilty of a few giggles

c.  Guilty of occasionally letting him make comments under my name

I think that covers it...for now.