Easter Celebrations

Hat Parade (April 8th)

Madalyn & Ethan before school

Ethan with his hat

Ethan had a hat parade at his school on wednesday. I made him a hockey hat with a bunny playing hockey with an easter egg as the puck.

Ethan's hat

After the parade

Ethan with his class

Ethan & Mommy

Easter Egg Hunt at School (April 9th)

Ethan had an Easter egg hunt in the morning and Madalyn's was in the afternoon. So, I was able to be at both of them.

Ethan's Easter Egg Hunt

Madalyn's Easter Egg Hunt

At Madalyn's egg hunt they numbered all the eggs. Each child had to find a set of numbers 1-6 in order. It was kind of cool because it made it so everyone had the smae amount of eggs and it made the egg hunt last a little longer. It was also her spring party so they played games and had snacks.

Easter Egg Hunt in Bryan ( April 11th)

We went to Bryan on friday for the Easter weekend. We mostly just rested on friday. On Saturday Our old ward had an Egg Hunt and lunch. It was lots of fun seeing our old friends. The kids loved seeing their friends too.

At this egg hunt the kids lined up and one of the adults called a color to find and sometimes multiples . So it mad the egg hunt last a really long time, but everyone should have ended up with the same amount in the end.

Easter Morning (April 12th)

We were still in Bryan at Grandma & Grandpa's house. Emily spent the night with us and the Easter bunny found all three kids.

4 Months Down...

We have lived here for 4 months. I think I have been suffering with depression because I have not felt like we moved into a very friendly ward.

• First of all I was introduced as a new person for the first 3 months.
• I am very quite person when I don't know anyone and I tried to sit with people but it didn't really help. No one really talked to me.
• We finally got callings about 3 weeks ago as Primary teachers.
• We had no H.T. until last night when they dropped by (apparently they tried to meet us the week before but we were in Canada)
• My V.T. came once but I was in the shower (she talked to Ryan)(I should really call her soon)
• The R.S. presidency came to meet me and get to know me just yesterday after church.

Well I guess I should not complain but it was really depressing to me and made me miss my old ward that much more (I miss my Bryan Ward Family, y'all were awesome). I have only made one friend (well when I say friend I mean we say Hi at church when we see each other). She moved in at the same time as us and Happened to have the same first name as me. I sat with her a few times in RS but she has a baby boy and it was hard for her to sit with him very long. She also got a calling in YW about a month after moving in.

Ok, sorry for my venting. I am trying to think more positively and come out of my shell. I want to be fair and do my part in making this a good transition for us. Hopefully things will get better.

I should also add that I hate the apartments were we live. This is another source of my depression.

On a brighter note my loving husband and I had a discussion last week about my depression. I made a deal with him that I would do better about taking the kids out to play, cooking, and trying to make the best of our current place of residence.

I am happy to report I have been taking the kids to the park, playing board games, cooking 5 out of 7 dinners, and taking a little more pride in making this place our home. I also have tried to not get on the computer so much (was not part of our deal just something I need to do). It has not been easy to motivate myself to get up everyday but I am working at it one day at a time.

Trick-or-Treat

Well we had lots of fun with the kids for Halloween. On tuesday (oct. 30th) we had our church Halloween party. Ethan decided to be an Indian and dad named him "Hiawatha". Ethan had a little bit of a hard time remebering that. So he told most people he was just an Indian. If you ask him what he dressed up as for halloween he will say "I was a Fireman". (I bought a fireman costume on clearance but it did not fit). Madalyn was "the Little Mermaid" for the church party and a "Pink Princess"for Halloween night.

The kids had lots of fun at the church party. They had lots of un activities but, I think they had the most fun with the potato sack race. After lots of fun and games we had "trick-or-trunk" which is always a big hit. The kids got lots of candy and could not wait until the next night so we could do the real thing.

So this is the costumes for the night of Halloween. The kids had lots of fun and after only one street (about 3 blocks)we were all ready to head home. The kids made out well and are excited that they got more than just candy (Juice Pouch, mini bags of microwave popcorn, fruit snacks and a few other things). The juice was good for the walk home and the popcorn was a must for the next movie viewing. All in all we are glad the kids enjoyed the fun but, we will be even happier when all the candy is gone.