Easter

Easter fell on Conference weekend this year, which I love, so nice to stay home and enjoy Easter and Conference!  We had our traditional Robison Cousin Easter egg hunt at Jeff and Crystal's again.  Fun was had by all, we enjoyed a delicious breakfast of Crystal's homemade granola and yogurt and fruit and muffins, I made a new recipe of bran muffins that quickly turned into a house favorite.  We ate and played games until the McDermotts arrived later so we could have the egg hunt with them.  

 Brooke, Calli, Jens, Pierce, Matthew, Lily, Millie (on the ground) Madi, Harrison, Graci, Dallin and Ammon

 Love following this boy around and watching him, enjoying the egg hunt a lot more this year!

 Notice someone is a little particular about their egg color?  Only wants blue his "favorite color"

 Love these cute cousins!  Madi and Lily, glad they are becoming better friends.  They have become pen pals this year and their letters are a hoot.  They LOVE writing to each other and getting letters in the mail, so fun for them!

Easter Morning

 I wish I had my focus on him, blurry, but oh what an excited face!  I love it!

 Pierce thinks he's getting too big for everything, doesn't want to act to excited about anything, even though he really is.

 So excited to finally get his own Kinetic sand!  He'd been wanting some since Christmas when we gave some to Jackson and Hannah.

 And Reeses!

 And Bubbles!  I love, love this boys excitement over small and simple things, wish this could last forever!

 Seriously excited about that Kinetic sand!

 This new book has become a favorite!

Madi, very excited about her letter she left for the Easter bunny, and his paw print answers!  Wow!

We enjoyed being home all day and listening to Conference.  The kids actually do pretty well being quite now that we have been doing the "Conference Store", they love it and are motivated to be quiet and try to listen. I listen as much as I can with Jens around, but I really love diving into the talks after Conference and re-listeing to them on my phone while I get ready in the mornings.  This has become a habit for me the last few years and it has been life changing for me to really listen to and get so much from Conference.  I am so grateful for the tech that makes it so easy for me to listen to the talks any time!  I can't say enough how much I love the Conference talks!

I made a delicious Easter dinner with ham and a gratin potatoes,  I went out on a limb and tried a from scratch recipe instead of Mom's cream of chicken recipe I've always loved.  I never want to try new recipes of things I make of her's, I feel like I'm betraying her or something, silly I know.  I finally did with sugar cookies last year and I was so glad!  (Found a recipe even softer than her's!) So I tried this and it was so wonderful!  I figure if she was here with me I'd be calling her and telling her about the new recipe I tried instead of feeling bad, so I'm changing my thinking.  She would have liked these.  They were delish!  I also made some homemade wheat rolls that were the real hit of dinner.  We enjoyed our day and of course all the good food!  I am so very grateful for my Savior and His atonement, and His resurrection!  This knowledge brings me peace everyday.  I am so grateful to know I can be with my Mom again, excited for that day to come, 12 years has been a long time already!  I know that my Savior lives and loves me.