Easter Egg Hunts, Candy and the Resurrection

Easter was such a blast with baby James. He just intensifies these kind of experiences. He was spoiled and was involved in 4 different Easter Egg Hunts.

During the first Easter Egg Hunt this year, James had know idea what all the fuss was about. All he saw was tons of crazy people gathering around a park at 9 a.m. He didn't have a clue what was so special about the colored eggs either. So mommy had to gather almost all the eggs during this one. Until.... ..... he opened one up and found candy. After he had a taste of sugar, he learned that there was a treasure of candy in each one. Then he became pretty good at gathering eggs for the next egg hunts. He loved holding the eggs and eating the candy, while mom enjoyed watching her little guy grow up and do big kid things. Then we went back to the house and daddy and James checked out his eggs. James made his first $2.00 from 2 eggs. Daddy thought there was to much candy for our little guy, and didn't want James to get sick so he helped out there.Then we headed to Discovery Park with the Sedivey cousins. James was rearing to go this time, now that he knew there was candy inside of each eggs. James and McKay were ready to go and the wait killed them. It wasn't fair having to wait for the whistle when the eggs were just a few feet in front of them.

Then Nana and Papa had a fun one with all the cousins in their backyard. He loves playing with all his many cousins.

He was so independent on this egg hunt. He pretty much took off, basket in one hand and the other ready to grab the egg. He became pretty good at spotting the colored eggs.

Papa giving James a hand. Cade, Harrison and James chowing down on their finds.

James and the ladies.

Lastly, we had our personal family Easter Egg Hunt on Sunday after conference.

Mommy had both of her babes searching for their Easter things.

James had the chance to color Easter eggs for the first time. I let help out with each one and by the end of the whole process, we both had dyed hands.

James even made a pink one for his baby sister.

Right before he went to bed on Easter Sunday we had a short Easter lesson about the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. We had pictures for James to look at. He knows who Jesus is and it is so interesting to see how he responds when we talk about him. I really see that he can feel the spirit, even though he is really young.

I am so grateful for the resurrection of our brother, Jesus Christ and for the pain that he sadly went through so we can be forgiven of our sins and seek to become better people through the mistakes we make. I look forward to the day when I will be able to see him again and wrap my hands around him and tell him just how much I love him. Heavenly Father has made this all possible and I know that it was hard for him to watch his own son suffer on the cross, yet it had to be done for each one of us on earth. That just shows how much he really does love and cherish each one of us. Being a mother to sweet baby James lets me feel a glimpse of just how much our Father in Heaven loves me. It is indescribable and perfect. There is always room for more love and for it to grow. I know this because each day I seem to find myself loving James more and more. Even to the point that I thought was in imaginable. The love even for my unborn baby girl seems to grow daily too. Love is an amazing thing and it is what counts here on earth. I hope each of us can be more aware of the love that Jesus and Heavenly Father have for each one of us, not only at Easter buy everyday we are blessed to be living on this earth.