Easter week-end

Jared's cousin, John, lives in St. Louis with his wife and 3 kids. John's parents were in town for Easter so we met at the Cahokia Mounds and had a picnic and little egg hunt. If anyone ever visits the St. Louis area I would strongly recommend a visit to the Cahokia Mounds. Anyways, we had a very yummy and fun picnic. While we were eating, the Easter Bunny hid some eggs in a little forest grove near the picnic table. The kids had fun scouring the trees and brush looking for eggs. Afterwards, we worked off the food by climbing to the top of the mounds. Katy counted the stairs to determine we climbed 152 steps. I had my camera but forgot to take pictures (just like at the z00!).

Sunday was Stake Conference which happened to be a broadcast from Salt Lake. We weren't really thinking and got up, got dressed, and drove to the stake center. We were trying to figure out why there wasn't anyone else from our ward there, when I remembered that since it was a broadcast we could've just gone to our ward building. Oops! The kids did search for their baskets before we went to church. The Easter Bunny always leaves a series of hidden clues to help them find their loot. After church we had an Easter dinner and egg hunt with the Pearsons. It was tons of fun. The kids got new outfits for my brother's wedding next month so for Easter they just wore dresses/vests that we already had. Hats were an Easter present from Great Grandma Buchkovich