The Easter Report

Wow, what a weekend! We had a wonderful time enjoying the weather, friends and Easter. Cooper and I began by carrying on a tradition that Aunt Katelyn helped us start last by filling our planter pots with bright spring flowers, Easter weekend seems like the perfect time to bring new, bright life to our desert home. We added some herbs this year and hope we will be enjoying them soon!

Then it was onto the Ward Party and Easter Egg Hunt... it was a great time, but sadly it was confirmed that Cooper has inherited my disposition for hay fever. He looked so miserable with a runny nose and watery, itchy eyes. He had a fun time anyway, thanks to his good friend Ethan and the distraction of the water features at the park.





After a good nap, we had friends over for an egg-dying BBQ and swim. Well, the boys swam. Still too cold for me. Colored eggs, good food, spring tee-ball all add up to a great time! The pics aren't great, but these boys are never a dull bunch. While the boys relationships may be at a love/hate stage, I couldn't live without their mothers. I can't say enough about the incredible friends I have.







Then we awoke this morning and discovered that the Easter Bunny had indeed come! It was quite puzzling that we couldn't find him anywhere. The fact that he snuck into our house in the middle of the night was a little disconcerting, but the treats he left behind made him slightly less scary! There was a little golf lesson,



More egg hunting,



New sunglasses (thank you Easter bunny!),



and an egg fight. Not the messy kind. Egg fights are tradition in the Robinson family. I think Grandma Delores is the reigning champion, although Denten likes to think he carries the title. Each person holds either the narrow or wide end of the hard-boiled egg, whichever you're doing first, and then bangs it against their opponent's egg and whoever has the uncracked egg after the whack is the winner. Strange to me, but it happens every year- this year Denten and I tied.



Attempting to get a picture of the flowers and Cooper for grandma, but the sun is a little bright... where are those new glasses?!



Is this one better? Don't worry, we lost the necklaces and glasses before we went into church.



Ah, there it is! All dressed up for church, so handsome! Yeah, something going on with his hair, but we take what we can get these days.





It has been a wonderful weekend, with dad home, with good friends and great weather. It is a huge bonus that Denten is currently making dinner while I do this! This weekend also brought a new calling that I'm not sure I'm ready for, but Heavenly Father must see a need for a little stretching exercise... I am the first counselor in our Relief Society, or the education counselor. I'm not quite sure of all my duties yet, but I'm excited to remain in RS. I have really enjoyed the spiritual fulfilment and social connection I have taken part in lately. The sisters in our ward are terrific and I hope to strengthen my association with them. I think my knowledge that my Father in Heaven is aware of what's going on has grown recently as I didn't even hesitate when presented with this calling, even though I've been quite careful with my time commitments lately. My bishop is very aware of how busy my life is going to become in the next few months, but didn't want to interfere with inspiration. I think if I trust that Heavenly Father needs me and that I have something to gain from being in this position, everything will fall into place just as it should. I love the Gospel and the peace and reassurance it brings to my life. I am very blessed to have wonderful examples surrounding me. I know my Savior died for me and lives now that I may once again live with him. I hope you all have the same contentment this beautiful Easter day.