Easter

We did the usual egg dying, Easter baskets, and sugar cookies. General Conference was on Easter this year, so we got to be at home and listen to messages while sitting on our couch.  I enjoyed all the messages and noticed that several of the speakers mentioned the phrase, "Jesus is the way."  What's interesting about that is I had made an Easter card for Jared and Nathan about a week before Easter and conference.  I was trying to decide what quote or phrase to put on the card.  I thought, 

"What message would be one of the most important right now?"  I decided on, "Jesus Christ is not our last chance.  He is our only chance.  He will show us the way because He is the way."  And then when several conference talks mentioned that same phrase, it was a little confirmation that I had picked a good one (out of many possible good phrases of course). My favorite talk was by Emily Freeman "Best Days and Worst Days".  I like how she used the example of Peter:  

"History could suggest that Peter was a man who tried to stand in the way of the Father’s plan, who nearly drowned because of lack of faith, and who denied knowing the Savior three times—and that would be true. But it is also true that Peter walked on water, he was the first Apostle to bear witness that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, and he was given priesthood keys to preside over the Lord’s Church. And maybe it took both the worst days and the best days for Peter to become who the Lord needed him to become."
 

We all have best and worst days, but we need both to become who God wants us to be. 

The picture of us dressed up is from Palm Sunday.  Savannah, Owen, and I sang in the choir. We had one set of missionaries from our ward over for dinner, along with a few other friends. We had scalloped potatoes, ham, rolls, green beans, salad, fruit, mini cheesecakes, Twix cheesecake bars, and sugar cookies.  The food was great and the weather was perfect for eating outside.