April Family Celebrations

We've had numerous extended family members come to town this month. The first week of April and into General Conference weekend, we had my sister, Sue, and her family in town. They were here to listen to their son, Zachary, give organ and piano performances prior to his graduating from BYU. He also went through the temple and was ordained an Elder while his family were here. He has been called to serve a mission in the New York north, spanish speaking mission. He leaves in just a couple of weeks.


While they were here, they were thrilled that it snowed. Being from Las Vegas, they don't get much opportunity to enjoy snow. This is little brother, Aiden, beside a snowman he and Ben created in the back yard. They used almonds for the eyes. Aiden and his sister stayed at our house all week. It was too bad their spring break was a week before our kids' spring break!



For Easter, my brother, Alan, and his family were visiting from Minnesota. Their purpose in coming to Utah was to help their BYU-student son get ready for his mission to Brazil. The younger girls got to dye Easter eggs with our kids and other cousins on the Saturday before Easter. Lisette and her cousin, Alyssa, really hit it off. They became fast friends. The two of them collected the eggs our ducks have started laying.



We had a houseful for Easter dinner. We had two of my siblings and their families, and also my parents over. The food was the extremely tasty, and the company was fine as well. It was a great day.