This week is our Spring Break, but more importantly, it''s our week long Easter celebration! I'm always so happy when this week falls while there is no school, because then I am free to do things and celebrate with my family however we please.
(Little did we know that there would literally be no school for the entire world!!!)
We began on Palm Sunday with general conference, our Love One Another dinner table, and by choosing "secret pals" for the week.
Since Monday was the day that Jesus cleansed the temple, we tried to focus on temple activities, such as our whisper game that we played throughout the day, doing temple puzzles, and even taking this trip to the Salt Lake City cemetery to find the graves of some important people, like this one, Porter Rockwell, who was Joseph Smith's body guard. We tried to find the grave of Truman O. Angel, because he was the architect for the Salt Lake temple, and we thought finding his would certainly be appropriate for our temple activities!
But even just going to the cemetery itself brought the spirit of the temple and family history for the day and it was fun too. Especially seeing this little family of deer grazing on the grounds!
I also thought it was appropriate to see Hyrum Smith's memorial even though he isn't really buried in that cemetery. With the Bicentennial celebration it is another reminder of the sacrifice and commitment of the early members of the church.
After we finished at the cemetery we got ice cream and headed home, grateful for another day with those people that I love so much. The people that are mine for eternity. :)
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