Merry Easter

I have always thought that instead of Happy Easter we should say Merry Easter, mostly because I like the link to Christmas. Our Easter this year was AWESOME. We spent the morning getting ready for church, Sarah slept in till 9-which was wonderful-my parents stopped by on their way back to Boise-they were spending some time with Nate and his family in California-as a side note, they said that LEGO Land is not worth the money. Then we went to church which is getting better and better-mostly Sarah is starting to not need to be wrestled so much so I actually get to listen to Sacrament meeting. I also really enjoyed being in the ward choir, we sang two songs that someone in our ward wrote and they were both really inspiring. Primary was great! I have been having a bit of a hard time with my calling and meshing with the Presidency and trying to figure out if I should ask to be released, but after talking with my amazing husband and praying I decided to do what I wanted to do the first Sunday of the month with our new song. We are learning the song If the Savior Stood Beside Me, and on a website that I get some ideas from I found one where you have the children stand in a circle and they close their eyes and you sing the song with someone walks and stands next to each child. It brought the spirit of the song into the room and the primary president was so great to me. Then on the way to Murray the Primary President called to let me know that the annual Stake Primary Meeting this week is all on teaching the songs, so I guess that is an answer to my prayers, I am still suppose to be the Primary Chorister, and I am once again really excited about the calling! In Murray we had a great time, we had dinner together with Ben and Ali-Ben's girlfriend, EmmaLee and Dino-EmmaLee's boyfriend, Ellen, Shirl and Elizabeth. It was really great because Ben goes to school in Oklahoma and we don't get to see him or his wonderful girlfriend every often. Plus getting to hang out with EmmaLee and Dino is also very fun. After dinner we played outside for a little bit, Ellen showed us her amazing soccer skills in a fun game of juggle the soccer ball-a little like hackie sack. Dino was really good and so was Creed, EmmaLee and I found that the knee works best. Sarah had a blast with the kitty and the rocks. Then we did dishes, well Ali and Ben did dishes, and then we played a game. It was such a great day! Then we went and visited with Grandma and Grandpa Larsen and Creed's aunt Lonnie and uncle Rob showed up, which it was really good to hear that Brad is sort of doing better. (Side note, Brad is Sarah's brother, not our Sarah but the one that we named Sarah after. Anyway, they have a disease that hits around puberty and shuts down all of their organs. Sarah died before we got married- in fact we have often felt like she was the one pushing us to get together-long story. Anyway, Brad her brother is not doing very well, but I guess he is starting to do a little better). Then we watched a movie, Dan in Real Life, which is actually a very funny movie, and one that I would recommend!