What's On My Happy List?

APRIL!

Our Easter festivities...

We were over in the Netherlands last year 

for Easter...

One of my favorite souvenirs from our trip

is this Easter bunny ornament

from the castle gift shop...

I set up a candy station where

the kids could make their own treat

bags... and grab a Swig gift card.

We had our traditional 

Easter Egg Crack-Off tournament...

Hannah's egg was this year's winner!

We did a little Easter Egg Hunt 

for Lilly Belle

Her carrot-themed basket from

Gigi and Bonka...

Her dress had flowers and flower names

embroidered in the delicate fabric..so sweet!

{Violet was a name in the running for her 

soon to be new baby sister.}

Jaren and I hid a golden egg

worth $50

at the park for the kids to find...

{We didn't hide actual money inside 

in case it got stolen 😜}

B was the first to find it...

She was stoked!

We purposefully did all our Easter activities 

a week before on Palm Sunday. 

That way we weren't trying to fit in all the 

Easter stuff on the same 

weekend as General Conference. 

I LOVE Conference AND Easter, but 

don't like when they fall on the same day. 

I want to give each their own due time

and attention. So we split the goodness

up and it worked out really well for us. 

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Old work buddies of Jaren's from 30+

years ago.  Picture captured after our

Stake's Palm Sunday Devotional. 

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Conference Weekend!

Loved every second of Conference...

especially the solemn assembly.

😌

Had Conference crepes of course...

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I was able to go to San Antonio

with the hubs for the National

School Board Convention...

The day we arrived was actually

our 33rd wedding anniversary!!!!

💗

 

The food we had!

😍

Dough comes Drive-In, Diners and Dives recommended...

Even the Capitol One airport lounge food 

was tasty...

Besides eating lol...We went on a river cruise...

Visited the Alamo...

in the day and at night time!

Attended the Conference...

Awesome mariachi band...

speaker got a little long-winded lol

Jaren and I explored this beautiful hotel 

built in 1857...

When we went on a ghost tour of the city

later that night, we found out the hotel 

was part of the tour! lol

we visited other haunted places...

like the old Spanish Governor's Mansion

and a cemetery. 

Saw a beautiful cathedral music/light show!

walked the streets...

bought last minute Souvenirs...

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Other random happenings this month...

Celebrating April Fool's with

the Young Women...

{brown E's}

😉

Kyleigh received a Christmas card from the 

Royal Family.

If you send them one...

they will send one to you...

obviously takes a few months, 

but how cool is that?!

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Mammoth hockey game for some of the kiddos...

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Saw the Junior High School play...

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Temple outing with my man...

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Saw this at the Parker Theatre!

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Saw the Phantom of the Opera!

Fun fact: Jaren and I saw the Phantom 

in LA when we were dating in 1992... 

Hadn't seen it since.

I've seen some lovely things 

at the Eccles Theatre

over the years, but MY GOODNESS... 

THIS has been my favorite...

was so stunning in every way!!... 

the MUSIC! 😭

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Dinner group for April!

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Watching Brady play softball...

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We finished up our Wackee six tournament!

Me, Emmsie, B and Kate love playing this game.

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Saw the SLC Ballet Company's production 

of Sleeping Beauty...

Kate's friend was Aurora! She's an 

exceptional dancer.

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I have the best boss! 

She broke her leg mid March

and was out of school the rest 

of our school year,

but she didn't skip a beat 

in spoiling us on 

para professional day!

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Our Amsterdam tulips blooming...

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Kyleigh on April 30th...curb walking...

after some intense false labor! We thought

baby was coming a few weeks early...👀

I think that's a wrap for April! lol 😅

It was a full month.