One Expensive Easter Weekend

We had a great Easter weekend and are glad we were able to spend it with our Family. Here are the kids in their Easter outfits...







Ok, so I'm sure you want to know why our weekend was a little pricey. Well it all started on Saturday. (Sorry no pictures for this one.)

Expense #1 - I will not go into great details. It was a nice Saturday afternoon and Travis wanted to go for a bike ride. He went in to put his wedding ring in the bathroom cupboard and that's not where it ended up. Braiden was taking care of some business when it happened and asked if he could finish before we went fishing. We told him not to flush, but while I went to help Travis find the fishing gear, we heard the flush. Ahhh!!! Braiden felt terrible and he didn't mean to so we of course couldn't get mad. I don't think I will ever forget the look on his face as we walked back into the bathroom. For the next 20 mins I kept asking him how and why he did it and he finally said, "Mom if you stop talking about it you will forget about it."

Ok, on to our weekend. Easter morning, the kids got up and found their baskets and then we got ready and headed up to Ogden. My dad and my brother were speaking in Church. Braiden read a talk he gave in Primary to my dad about the Savior and my dad asked him if we wanted to come talk with him. He said yes and so Braiden gave his first talk in Sacrament meeting at age 5. He did a great job and he really didn't get that nervous. Here is a picture of him reading his talk to the family members that couldn't make it to Sacrament meeting.



After church we went to my sister's house and had our annual Easter egg hunt. Brooklynn loved it. She got a good amount of eggs for how many times she stopped. I think stopped at least three different times to empty this egg. She likes Cookie Crisp!


This is probably the only time Braiden stopped while he was finding eggs and it was to show me that he found an egg with money.


After the Easter egg hunt, the kids went back to playing and I took some pictures for my sister.
Expense #2 - My brother-in-law came out and told me that he didn't think my son had a palm anymore. At first I thought he was joking around and then my brain processed what he said. I went in to Braiden screaming in the kitchen and my mom and sister trying to get him to calm down. It was pretty intense!
The kids had turned on the treadmill downstairs and I guess Braiden thought he could run 10 mph, but I guess he's not as fast as he thought. It's an older treadmill with a slider for the speed and he just slid it all the way over. I'm sure he had no idea what he was really getting himself into.
Because we couldn't get him to calm down, we decided to take him to an Instacare. He ended up with a raw spot on his hand and a few more scrapes, but he is just fine. I don't want to see the final bill for this one.
Even though this kid cost us a little more than we would have liked this weekend, I wouldn't trade him for anything and I'm glad he is ok. We were really lucky because things could have ended up a lot worse.
Here are some pictures from tonight while we were changing his bandages. It has already closed up a lot and is healing nicely. It's a little gross so beware and don't say I didn't warn you.




All wrapped up and ready for bed...


I think this is one weekend we will never forget! I hope yours was memorable in a much different way.