Bethany asked me last Sunday if we could go to the temple.  As Sundays are always very full already, I told her that I'd take her on Monday after her sisters went to school.  Monday morning was beautiful but very chilly!  Still, Beth, Ben, and I had a great time.  What a beautiful pla. ce it is!  What a fun thing to do with my two littlest.  What a sweet impulse of Bethany's to ask!


Savannah got to use her birthday present this weekend as it was Salt Lake City's 2nd Annual Comic Con!  She went with her friend, Jessica, and they both made mist cloaks to wear (from Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn).  She had a great time seeing all the people in costume, seeing celebrities, and buying fan memorabilia (you'll see her new Hogwarts t-shirt in the Easter pictures!) She had a super fun day!  How nice of her parents to buy her tickets!

Sarah had her last two tennis group days.  We decided to not sign up for the next session because softball season will be starting and Sarah will be scorekeeping in the evenings.  Sarah was sad, though, because she has so much fun at those!  Still, she will be taking semi-private lessons on Saturday.  She started yesterday and she is going to really like those, too!  She and Megan had a Youth City Council meeting on Thursday.  That is another new thing they are doing!

Megan and Mariah had track practice all week.  They both have the same math teacher, too, who seriously stresses them out.  Track is going much better than math.  They had a meet on Friday.  Megan placed first in the 400.  Mariah placed fifth in the mile and bettered her time by four seconds!  She also placed fifth in the 800.  Megan and Mariah ran together on the same team for the 4x400.  They placed second there!  It was fun to watch them!

 

On Saturday we colored eggs.  Then the older girls hid the eggs for the youngest four and we had an Easter egg hunt.  After which, the youngest hid for the oldest.  We almost found all of them again!  Maybe Rusty (our resident squirrel) will find them and have a good meal!

 

On Sunday morning they woke up to some simple gifts and some new church clothes for some of them!  We took pretty pictures:

Aren't you loving Ben's new suit?

These three loved being "triplets!"

Mariah and I sang in the choir for the special Easter program.  We did pretty awesome!  Then after church we went over to Grandma and Grandpa Gazdik's for a shared ham dinner.  It was yummy and we had a great time.

Happy Easter!  The tomb is empty!  It's true!  He lives!
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