A Morales Minute

Can't believe Olivia's wedding is almost here! She finished her semester at BYUI and flew to Arizona to spend a week with Grandma and Grandpa.  She's enjoyed her time with them. They always spoil her with her favorite foods and fun activities. They took her to a Suns basketball game.  We came a week later and spent some family time. We went to watch Liandrew play his baseball game... and his soccer game.  He was so cute to watch!  After the morning soccer game we went to Marcus and Aide's house where they made us breakfast burritos and yogurt fruit parfait bowls. It was delicious! I got a kick out of Lola. She's a good dog around people. Wish she liked other dogs but no one can bring their dog around her because she goes crazy trying to attack them.  And of course we get some pool time.  After all this we headed to the Hansen residence for the open house. It worked out that Olivia met a guy from only 40 minutes from her Grandparents house!  

It's not conference weekend with out cinnamon rolls in this house.  I still do Easter baskets for the boys the Saturday before Easter. It wasn't as elaborate this year but the boys were happy with what they got. Favorite cereal is a tradition I started a few years back. They love it.  It was neat being able to see and be a part of the solemn assembly and sustain Dallin H. Oaks as our new prophet.  Easter dinner for four. It's the first time I made a ham this way. We wanted it fall apart and juicy sweet. A new recipe I followed and it was delicious. Sweet potatoes and maple glazed butternut squash with Brussels sprouts and pepitas and pumpernickel bread rolls.  Isaac sent me a picture of Lindsey and Milo snuggling during conference. The poor girl is so tired she works almost 6 days a week anymore. I love her pup. He's so cute! I love conference weekend and I love it when Easter falls on the same Sunday. I'm so grateful for our savior and that he LIVES! That he took o...

Happy Palm Sunday.  General Conference and Easter Sunday are next week. Now that the church recognizes Easter Sunday the same way as the Sunday before Christmas, we only have sacrament meeting on Easter Sunday. However, this year with Easter on General Conference Sunday we only had sacrament meeting today on Palm Sunday in observance of our Easter Sunday. The Easter program for the meeting was wonderful. And since we won't be attending sacrament meeting on Easter Sunday, we got our "Easter Sunday" picture today. :)   

Jaime stopped to show Tyler one of the Monster trucks parked nearby for fans to see. The truck show is this weekend so they've been parked at a few places. Tyler LOVED monster trucks when he was little. He still thinks they're cool and he was excited to see this one up close.  Another wedding = new suits! What a handsome looking bunch. Gosh I remember dressing the boys up in suits when they were little for their Aunt Bel's wedding. Aidan was the ring bearer. Now my little boys are young men. Gosh, I miss their little squishy cheeks. :)  

Mom and Dad stayed the night after the shower so they could have a shorter drive to the temple today. Because I had so many at the house I decided to make use of the many hands.  I got out the wedding announcements and had everyone help stuff and lick envelopes! It got done super quick with all the help.  Then we packed up and headed to Moses Lake since the Columbia River Temple was closed for two weeks for maintenance. Olivia was actually really excited to go to the Moses Lake temple since we went to the open house.  It was a good experience for Olivia. She felt she was well prepared and felt the Spirit while there. I hope she felt as good as I did when she walked in to the celestial room and was greeted by all her family.  Emily, Jeremiah, William, and Rachel drove all the way from California for this! They won't be able to make it to the wedding so they made the effort to come for this weekend. It was a fun surprise for Emma. We didn't tell her they were coming. ?...

My kids came home! The girls and Isaac and Chaz came home for the weekend so Olivia could attend the temple to receive her endowment and it made the perfect time to plan to have her bridal shower. I just can't express how much I loved this weekend. Having family around and a house full of people was just so fun.  Lindsey helped plan the shower. She did a great job on the invitations and games! Everyone thought the games were so fun. Some were new ones that I'd never done before.  You can't tell by this picture but there was 30 people here for this shower! This is just a portion of the gifts she received. The others were still on the table. She just opened a few at a time and then Lindsey would bring more gifts over for her to open.  The cutest bride to be! She received some great gifts and there were quite a few gifts that she won't be showing her dad. 😂 I took care of the snacks. We had a delectable array of sweet and savory choices. The marshmallow fudgy cookies are ...