Easter

Good Friday was good indeed, as we spent it celebrating my Grandpa Mel's 80th birthday. All 7 of his children were there, which means LOTS of cousins, some of whom I have never seen, or only seen once in person. (I am the 4th oldest of 30 grandkids on the Owens side). It was fun to have everyone together and watch a picture slideshow of his life and hear stories from all the aunts and uncles about having him as a father.

Here's the birthday boy with his ravishing lady by his side.

Jason was thrilled to play with all the younger cousins, as well as spend some quality bonding time with Uncle Tyler. More fun than throwing the beach ball around was taking rides on the chair cart all around the gym. The two seemed to enjoy spending time together.

After the evening, we stayed up at my parents house to watch General Conference and celebrate the rest of Easter. Jay had a rough time the first night and kept wanting to get in bed with us since we were sleeping only a foot away from his playpen. Thankfully, he stayed asleep after we got up. He was tuckered out for sure!

Easter Sunday introduced Jason to marshmallow Peeps! He loves them!


This Easter was also the first Easter Egg Hunt Jason got to do. He seemed to enjoy the thrill of the hunt, and loved carrying around his new shovel and pail, which doubled as his easter basket.

Daddy helps Jason scout out some eggs.

Found it!


Getting worn out by the festivities.



Here's a video of him first doing the Egg Hunt. Enjoy!



After the Egg hunt, Jason really loved spending time with Atticus (the other great-grandchild in attendance) and sitting at the "big boys" picnic table for lunch. Not being strapped into a high chair was really fun for him.

General Conference was uplifting, as always, and spending time with family was great. We know that our Savior lives and feel so blessed to have the knowledge of His Resurrection in our lives. We hope you all had as great an Easter as we did!