General Conference was on Easter this year. I bought donuts and donut holes to make little tombs and all of us drew a tiny resurrected Jesus for it. It was a fun new tradition to do while we read the story of Christ appearing to Mary at the tomb. We went on a walk with the Crossley's in between session but it ended up being VERY windy and colder than we expected.
Kaylee and McKenna went to "Mormon prom" at a nearby stake and had a blast. They both looked so beautiful and grown up! They met up with some friends and even got matching corsages with Clair.
Mom and Dad got to come visit! After the kids got home from school, we went to try an escape room that was new in one of our malls. Unfortunately, it was the worst escape room I've ever been to! The room was tiny, there was hardly anything to work on, and the A/C was broken so it was very hot. We were very disappointed we wasted our money on this one when there are so many good escape rooms we could have gone to!
Dad and Richard spent Saturday morning cutting down a tree that had grown too tall and was ruining our roof. Kaylee thought it was fun to learn how to use a chainsaw! Mom and Dad did so much work to help make our house look nicer and we were very grateful!
Dad stayed home and worked on some other projects while the rest of us did some shopping. Brooklyn and Kaylee got to pick out some things with their birthday money and we bought all of the things we needed to put together kits for a service project. We put together kits for women at a shelter for Mother's Day, which was really fun.
Mom and Dad went with us to church and then we drove to Dublin to drop off the kits. We had our usual Sunday game night at our house and it was fun to introduce Mom and Dad to our friends that they've heard so much about.
The next day, the girls went to school and Mom, Dad and I volunteered at the Food Pantry. Unfortunately, we decided to go at the last minute and by the time we got there, the only job they had left for us was filling bags of dog and cat food. Definitely not the job we would have preferred but it was fun to work together!
Then we picked Brooklyn up early from school and went to the mall with her. She got a new game that we tried that night. Some parts of the game require physical challenges and we all get really into it. I even got a video of Dad and Brooklyn army crawling across the room! It was fun to see a sillier side of Grandma and Grandpa. Also that night. they were able to go to one of McKenna's lacrosse games. She didn't play much but we cheered loud for the few mins we got to see her play!
Unfortunately Mom and Dad had to leave the morning of Kaylee's NHS ceremony but Richard and I were able to go. Kaylee works so incredibly hard in school and also loves to volunteer. For Richard and I, we just had to get good grades to be in NHS but it is a big process at this school! Kaylee had to have several teacher recommendations, write an essay, do an interview, and show proof of at least 100 hours of service over the last two years!
Kaylee was also really excited to go on a field trip to Tolles for a health fair. They got to dress up in PPE and learn all kinds of things that nurses get to learn. Kaylee loves all kinds of medical stuff and it was good for her to see a little more detail about what it might be like if she goes into that field.
A lady in our ward arranged a girl's night out for us to go see The Devil Wears Prada 2. I really liked the movie and thought they did a really good job on a sequel that was 20 years after the original! We have gotten to know a lot of really good people out here and I was grateful to be included in this group.
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