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Egg dying action from the night before. Aunt Jenna, Uncle Preston, and Preston's sister Taylor were with us. Easter morning the kids came up to our room for their Easter baskets and basically had candy for breakfast. Leah was so excited about getting an Easter basket that it took her forever to fall asleep the night before. Then we did a few rounds of hunting for our dyed eggs. And that night we had the Aarons over for dinner and another egg hunt. It was a very enjoyable evening.

Bryn was super pumped for school a few Fridays ago. It was "sports day," where you get to wear a team jersey for school. I had gone digging and found her soccer jersey from when she played soccer at age four, and it was a perfect fit. She gave me a kiss and bounded out of the car behind Addison, turning around to close the sliding door. And then she kept standing by the car. Because her finger was closed in the door! I jumped into action and opened the door to release her finger and then had her come around to the passenger side and climb back in the car. Then we went and parked in a parking space so she could scream and cry and we could assess the damage. The finger was still straight, which was a relief, but the poor girl could not stop crying. It hurt SO BAD! So she skipped school that day and we applied lots of ice and tylenol and kept it elevated. We could tell that she'd definitely be losing a fingernail by that point. I wasn't sure about whether to take her in ...

A couple weeks ago, Jenna received her endowment. What a special event in our family! The way schedules worked out, it made the most sense to do it here, in the Bountiful Temple. So we got to have tons of my family in town, which is a rare and most delicious treat. Jenna and Preston came, of course, and Brianna and Mason, Mom and Dad, and Rebecca and her brand new baby, Austin. It was a house full of fun!  It was a very fast visit, but it was just wonderful.  The first day we got to have Bri and Beck and Austin tag along to ballet and the grocery store, and then we decided that we'd better go to lunch at Zupas. From there it's all a blur, but more people came, we hung out, stayed up way too late, got to show off our new house, and generally had the time of our lives. After the session at the temple, we took the DQ by storm. I cannot believe this actually happened! Look at all these beautiful people!!!! Asa adores his Uncle Mason. Here they are with matching mustaches. My paren...