Easter 2012

Jacoby was so excited to see what the Easter bunny brought for him this year!  He brought him Toy Story- but we have since watched it and discovered that it is too scary right now for him.  Honestly, almost everything is too scary so we just stick with Nick Jr and Mickey Mouse. 

The Easter bunny not only hid eggs all around the house but outside too.  Jacoby and I planted magic beans the night before and they grew a fun Easter sucker that he was the most excited about.

It was so much fun watching him run around and get excited every time he found an egg.  Jace found a few with Daddy's help as well. 

Mommy and Daddy were excited about Jace's basket this year and he was really excited to have new onesies. 

My mom made him this adorable basket and since we have a picture of Jacoby in his at this age we thought we would get one of Jace as you can see he was not loving being in the basket. 

We made pancakes for breakfast- like we do every Sunday but this Sunday we had snickers in them!  Then we went to church.  The boys both did great and it was fun to see all the kids in their Easter outfits (all six of them or so in our ward!)

When we got home we set up the timer and got some cute pictures of the family and then we had asparagus lasagna for our Easter meal. 

It was a great Easter!  Jacoby and I also watched the church videos on Easter.  It was a little hard explaining to him the real meaning of Easter this year.  Not an easy thing to talk about or explain to a three year old but I did my best. 

I am so thankful for Easter and what it means to me.  I am very thankful for my savior and all the things that he did for me and my family and continues to do.  I am so thankful for my free agency and where it has lead me in my life.  I am trying every day to be a better person and to be more Christlike and I hope that my children will see me trying and understand why I do it.  We have a new motto in our home and Jacoby and I talk about it all the time, "have I done any good in the world today?"  He thinks he is a super hero and helps his family every day and I try to look for opportunities to help others but I mostly find my opportunities in my own home right now.  I am so thankful that I get to serve my boys- there is no one else that I would rather serve then them.