Making Memories - Easter

Today I spent time with my children and a few of my nieces and nephews and we decorated cookies and cupcakes for Easter. As I lamented the fact that not ALL of my nieces and nephews were with us today, I thought a lot about my own Easter memories.
This year, Easter falls on the first Sunday in April, which is when my church has it's semi-annual General Conference. This means that we will not be at "church" in our finest Easter bonnets but will be at home, watching/listening to the Prophet and other apostles give devotionals. I love when Conference and Easter coincide. I loved it when I was a kid, too. To just get up in the morning, dive into the Easter baskets first thing, and consume Reese's Peanut Butter Eggs until we went to Grandma Starks' house for a big lunch. YUM.
At Grandma Starks' house we would hide eggs and search for them. Aunt Judy would hunt the eggs with us, too. :) One of my favorite places was in the skins of the palm tree (after the palm leaves are cut, but the remainder is left on the tree) and on the top of the door handle of Uncle Dwight's green truck. I loved to go outside at Grandma's house and look at all of the beautiful flowers that Grandpa planted, especially the sweetpeas. I remember Grandma showing me that you squeeze the back of the snapdragon's head and it would "open up" it's mouth. Those are some sweet memories.
I am so grateful for the Savior and this Easter season. What a blessing it is to be alive! I hope that my children and their cousins will look back on Easter memories and feel happy like I do, thinking about my own memories. I loved this gorgeous Spring day and I'm thankful to my Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ for this day.
Love, Dece