Easter Weekend

We had a lovely Easter weekend, although it started off sad. Marci's Grandfather DeVon McKee passed away Sunday before General Conference. His funeral was Saturday. Saturday was cold and rainy. It was a good funeral, all of the family was there. He was 86. Afterwards, we went back to Marci's parents house and visited with a lot of family while our children colored Easter Eggs. Sunday we had a family dinner for Diana's Birthday (Marci's youngest sister). Sunday was such a beautiful day with warm weather and the sun shining. We decided to do our Easter Egg Hunt then. This was the first year that Krista really got excited about it. The girls were so cute running around looking about for eggs. Marci couldn't resist snapping these photos.

Monday we got together with Marci's family for our traditional Easter Picnic and went for a drive to the old farm where they used to grow alphalpha on approx. 3000 acres. It was a 30 year lease on Indian Land. They farmed that area until they their lease was over and couldn't be renewed. It was sad to see it has all gone back to looking like a desert, but it was fun to climb the hills that Marci climbed as a child. Krista loves being outside and couldn't get enough. Emma & Jessica were finding interesting rocks all over and wanted to take them all home. True to form, Krista started to copy her sisters and pick up little rocks and put them in her pocket.

Afterwards we drove out to Fantasy Canyon, where we had our picnic. It is a very interesting formation out in the middle of this desert (of course everything out here is desert). Although the canyon isn't very long or deep, I could spend a lot of time there. There is a trail with little markers pointing out different formations. I was proud that my wife, great with child, had kept up all day. Hiking up the hills, exploring the canyon, squeezing through the rocks, and smiling all the while. On the way home we stopped at a sanddune and played in the sand. Just in case we didn't get enough exercise with all the tromping around. We tried to build a sand castle, but didn't have much luck with the dry sand. In the end, we settled for digging a hole. What a fun day...Marci & I got sunburned.