Today was a great day. The kids started out the morning with searching for their Easter baskets that the Easter bunny brought them. Then we headed out to church and got our spiritual cups filled. I had wonderful lessons today that really touched me and helped me feel the spirit so strongly. I am so grateful for my Savior and for what he did for me and each of us.

Chris and I did a special gift for the kids for Easter this year and to give it to them I made a picture scavenger hunt. I took close up pictures of different things around the house that they had to guess what and where it was, find the item and retrieve the clue. The clues were strips of paper with one word written on it. The words put together made up a sentence that gave them a hint as to what our surprise was.
Here are the pictures:

A bowl in our china hutch

The baby grand piano

Our book shelf

The water dispenser to our spare fridge

The rock wall on our playset

The mailbox

A decorative suitcase

The inside of the girls medicine cabinet

The bar-b-que

The front door

The garbage can

The shed...This is where the surprise was hiding. It was so funny to watch the kids race around the house and yard trying to find the next clue.

Ana holding up the basket.


The word strips said "Our family's surprise is happening this fall! Can you guess what it is?"

Opening up the basket....so excited to see what it was!


Hmmmmm..... I wonder what all these items have in common?!

They figured it out! They were all Disney related items. We are going to Disneyland this fall!!!
After dinner we sat around talking and the kids told everyone about their trip to Disneyland. Of course my parents wanted to come, which I figured they would want to (they have annual passes, lucky ducks!) and my brother and his wife decided that they wanted to come with us instead of in November like they had planned. So we decided that we are going in September, it happens to fall over my birthday, which I'm elated about!!! I can't think of a better place to spend my birthday then in Disneyland! I'm so excited!
So here I sit in bed, typing all of this, exhausted, but so content and happy.
Happy Easter everyone!