Easter 2020

The day before Easter we were supposed to be in Ephraim at the Pugmire's house for an Easter egg hunt.  With the current COVID 19 pandemic, that was cancelled.  You can't have social gatherings of more than 10 people and the Brandleys are slightly more than 10 people.  That night we were surprised with a phone call from Tifannee, they had set up a social distanced Easter egg hunt in the front yard for our kids!  Nana, Papa, Kami, Tif, and Kaileb stayed in the van while our kids ran around collecting their eggs.  It was a sweet surprise for all of us!

On Easter Sunday we stayed home pretty much all day, the only time we left was to drop off an Easter surprise at my parent's house.  We started our day doing a 12 eggs of Easter lesson led by Louis, he had hid the 12 eggs around our living room and the kids took turns finding an egg and reading apart of the Easter story inside.  After we did that we ate breakfast followed by searching for Easter baskets.  Last year Louis made a rule that if you need a clue to find your basket that it would cost you one piece of candy per clue once you found it!  Both Avery and Mary needed a clue this year and Mary needed some extra help finding her basket even after her clue.  We had hid it in the laundry room in a hamper full of clean clothes!
We had two different Zoom sessions that day, in the morning we got on with my family to do a testimony meeting including the testimonies from all of the returned missionaries in the family.  In the afternoon we had a meeting with Louis' family doing a little primary lesson.  The kids loved being able to virtually see cousins and aunts and uncles that they hadn't seen in weeks.
That night we enjoyed a delicious dinner prepared entirely by me, usually Louis does most of the cooking for holidays.  I made ham, yummy potatoes (funeral potatoes), rolls, and roasted broccoli.  We had a wonderfully simple day together.  I am so grateful for our Savior and that because of Him I get to be with my sweet family forever.