March and Easter

So a lot has been happening in our lives lately. In the middle of March Devon took a group of students (all girls and the principal) to New York and D.C. Here is one of his hundreds of pictures. The trip went very well.
While he was gone the boys and I went to Salt Lake and Idaho to see my family. I went to a librarian conference that was very helpful and got to meet Brandon Mull (author of Fablehaven) and the Beuhler's (author and illustrator of "Snowmen at Night" etc). Before St. Patrick's day the cousins and Spencer made leprechaun traps in hopes of being led to a pot of gold. I will have to get the pictures because they were pretty funny. There was a lot of gold and sparkles involved. The night before St. Patrick's day some leprechauns visited and let some clues to find a treasure of chocolate gold coins and green candy. Spencer was very excited. We did a lot of other fun stuff, and I made a 10 hour trip by myself (in 2 days- but still).
When we got back our peach tree was in bloom. We have only had about 3 blossoms on this tree before this year- so hopefully we will get peaches!
The Easter bunny came on the Friday before Easter because we had an all day temple trip on Saturday. He left clues for the boys to find treasures.


The weekend before Easter we had an egg hunt with all of the kids from the complex. I think Spencer went on 3 egg hunts and got plenty of candy.


Easter was extra special for us this year- it came at the time we really needed a reminder. The Friday after we got back from our trips I went to the doctor and found that our baby did not have a heartbeat anymore. I was 16 weeks along, so my mom came to help out. We were so glad to have her. We have been sad, but we are so blessed to have the gospel and to know about the resurrection. We have been very blessed with great neighbors, friends and family. I didn't cook for 2 weeks. I never realized before how many people care for me and my family.