Apparently, It Was Easter...

This Easter was one of the strangest ones ever. After being sick for more than a week and having sick kids, I just wasn't in the mood. I usually love Easter and everything that goes along with it, but this year I just wasn't prepared. I'm afraid my family suffered. I did manage to make it out of the house on Saturday for my Easter shopping. I went to Target thinking they would have plenty of candy left, but they were CLEANED out! It was nuts. I grabbed the last 2 packages of Reeses Peanut Butter Eggs (my favorite) and a few bags of other junk and called it good. I was trying to find my girls' traditional Easter outfits but was having a really hard time. They are too old for the frilly, baby-like dresses that you see everywhere, so I had to get creative in my shopping. I managed to get all my shopping done, but ran out of energy (or motivation) to do any grocery shopping. I had it figured out in my head how I would scrape together a nice Easter meal and everyone would be happy. I threw some chicken in the crock-pot before I left for church with a whole plan in mind. We had to tag team church since Rachel was sick and Tait is still getting over RSV. I took Sarah and Ren (C and K were in PHX) and we went to sacrament meeting. I sat through 1.5 hours of fighting, whining kids, then hurried home so Rob could go teach G.D.

I was ready to make a lovely Easter dinner when I opened the crock-pot and noticed my chicken was over done and I wasn't sure what I could turn it into. I was going to make stuffing chicken and mashed potatoes. I thought, that's ok, I'll just pour BBQ sauce over it and serve it with rice. It kept getting weirder and weirder until it turned into BBQ chicken pizza. Rob got a good laugh about it when he got home, but he actually really loved it. Who knows, maybe it'll be our new traditional Easter meal.

I felt bad that my heart just wasn't in it yesterday. I thought I should redeem myself and let the kids have an Easter egg hunt in the backyard. I let Sarah hide the eggs while Ren and Rachel found them. I didn't take a single picture the entire day. I'm kind of sad about that. I think on Sunday I will dress them all up in their spiffy outfits and take a picture like it's Easter again.

In other news...

I WON (see post above)! I still can't believe it! I guess I should never say never. I'm so excited to pick out my new swimsuit. I'm having a hard time deciding which one to get. I'm thinking this one or this one. What do you think?

My sister Anna is coming tonight with her 5 kids. I can't wait! It's going to be noisy and messy, but I'm ready for it! Rob, on the other hand is hoping he can just disappear for a few days. Next to my husband, my sisters are my favorite people to hang out with. Can't wait!

My running has been put on the back burner since I got pneumonia, but I'm itching to hit the pavement again. There's a half marathon this weekend that I was hoping to do, but it's not looking promising. I have no idea how much I've regressed. I guess I won't know until I try running again. We'll see...

Have a great week!