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04/16/17 Easter Sunday

 Girls woke up and got their Easter Baskets.  They got a cute stuffed animal, a skirt and some candy.  Someone "egged" our house last night so they got to go have an egg hunt like little kids!  Holly seemed to enjoy egg hunting more than Katie (who didn't want to get her feet wet in the grass!!!)

Katie and I had choir practice at 10 a.m. for the Easter program starting at 11 a.m. We got there and found out the Herdman's were sick and not going to come.  (They are the best singers!!!  Wahhhhh!!!)  The choir was pretty nervous but we practiced for an hour and hoped for the best.

Sister Cassidy Baker joined the choir at the last
minute and things worked out pretty well!

Gma and Gpa Griffin came to our ward because they were reading Grandma's poem (see 12/8/2008 entry for complete poem), He has his Father's eyes.   Seth and Rachel Johnson and kids came  (Eldon and Diane's daughter and family).  Dallas came too.  So it was nice to have lots of family there!

Katie and I both had a short narration part along with the songs we sang.






















 




 After church we had just about an hour and then headed over to Santa Clara City park for a picnic with all the kids and their kids.  Everybody was there...Grandma and Grandpa Griffin, Squires and all their kids and kids, Wendy and all her kids, Us and all ours plus Grandma Squires and Ben's brother Adam and his wife Bonnie.  So great party!


The pavilion we thought we had reserved was taken by another group so we had to move the tables over to our smaller pavilion.   Pretty hard job but these guys got the job done!





Emma, Katie and Holly were the egg hiding crew for our egg hunt.  They hid about 150 eggs for the little kids to find later.



Dallas brought his cornhole game for some in the park games. 






Bryce and Marlee just got engaged yesterday at
Menchies in St. George!!!!
























Aaron really didn't want his picture taken!














Jared and Uncle Adam (Ben's brother)

Austin and Jared







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