Our Easter Walk

 A fun tradition that we have for part of our Easter celebration is to go on our "Easter Walk." 

This year we actually went on an Easter "hike" to Ensign Peak in Salt Lake City!

The kids were obviously excited to get out of the car when we got there as they immediately doggie piled on each other...:)

 It's always so fun to me to be outside in the beauty of nature doing these fun activities that bring us together, and also help us remember the special things that our Savior has done for us.

 I love watching and hearing my family interact with each other in these "undistracted" atmospheres...there are simple pleasures and simple conversations, and simple gratitude expressed.

 Usually when we go on our Easter walk, we look for symbols of Easter, such as something prickly to represent the crown of thorns, something wood to represent the cross, something round, black, dead, red, and alive, each to represent something about the Savior's death and Resurrection.

This year, instead of finding those things on the trail, I made up a "trail mix" to eat that had a food item that represented all of those things. It was pretty fun and the kids loved it!

 Another fun thing about going on this hike, to this point on this day, was that it was exactly 3 years ago in this very same spot where Riley proposed to Kierra!!!

Now, looking back, much has changed, but much remains the same...

 We still love our people so much, and now we just have even more people to love!

 We joked while we were hiking that even though Easton wasn't here 3 years ago, he was probably watching from heaven and cheering on his mom and dad. ;) ;)

 As we hiked down the trail, this sweet little baby got sleepy and began cuddling in to his momma. :)

 He is so sweet and I just love watching Kierra fulfilling her role as a mom in such a loving and natural way.

We walked down the mountain together with lots of gratitude and another Easter tradition complete. :)