Spring Break and Easter

Spring Break was a crazy week!! The first friday we found out Doris past away, Saturday grandma LaRue past away, and then finally on Sunday Wilf past away.  It was a hard weekend for our little family to lose 3 beloved grandparents. Emily and I decided to go up to Brian Head for the week and then finishing driving up to Salt Lake to go to grandmas funeral on Saturday. Little did we know it was going to be such a hard week. Ski school needed up being all full ( which meant we skied with kids and then had them at the cabin a lot too), it snowed 18 inches and was a blizzard for 2 days, cars got stuck, we didn't sleep well, and to top it off we were dealing with grandmas death! I did not expect to mourn her death as much as I did. She past away peacefully and lived such a long and wonderful life. But her death had me dealing with the fleeting nature of life and how fast the wonderful years on earth go! Wasn't grandma just here dancing at my wedding?! Emily and I spent many hours after the kids went to bed sharing memories of grandma, our childhood, and all our cousins. Looking back on it, that week at the cabin with just Emily sharing those hours together and in many ways grandma were very, very special. It was our week to talk about her, grieve her passing, and renew our testimonies of the resurrection. 

But we also had a ton of fun with the kids. We went sledding, skiing, got new ski clothes, did Easter crafts, dyed eggs, and spent hours in the snow! The kids loved every second of it. On Friday we drove up to Salt Lake for the viewing and funeral and then came back to the cabin on Saturday night. Easter at the cabin was so fun with all the kids and they loved the egg hunt int he snow. This Easter will be one I never forget as I felt the power of the resurrection so strong in my life. I know that my Savior lived, died, and rose again. I know that my grandma lived and still lives and her body and spirit will be reunited one day. I am so thankful for the atonement and opportunity it gives me to repent of my sins. Because of the atonement I always have a way to return to my family and father in heaven!! That has so much more meaning to now that one of my loved people awaits me in heaven.