Happy Easter!

I love Easter, it's one of my favorite holidays. Growing up I loved dying eggs, having an Easter egg hunt, and searching for my hidden Easter basket. If I was at home, I'm sure I would be participating in all those things. But, like Christmas, Easter isn't really about all candy and treats. I love Easter because I get to live with my Heavenly Father again! I think sometimes we make Christmas the only holiday to celebrate the Savior's life. But, while his birth was certainly important, we would be nowhere without the resurrection. He suffered for each of my sins in the Garden of Gethsemane, he hung on the cross, and three days later he rose again. (If you would like to know more about my beliefs, click here). I love Easter because I know I can live with my Heavenly Father as long as I strive to be the best person I can be while I am on this earth. I'm not perfect and I don't have to be; the Savior paid for my mistakes in the Garden. I know that my Redeemer lives! And because he lives, I will see my Heavenly Father and my family again.


I love when Easter falls on April 12 (this is only the second time in my life) because it is also my Grandpa Grande's birthday! He was born on Easter in 1925 and he always told us he was hatched out of an Easter Egg on the kitchen table. When I was really little I never knew whether or not I should believe him. I didn't think it was possible, but I was sure Grandpa would NEVER lie! He passed away about three years ago, but he loved when his birthday was the same day as Easter, so I had to post this just for him! Imiss him, but it's the same way I miss my family when I am in Utah and they are in Georgia. Because of the atonment and the resurrection, I know I will see him again. This is what Easter is all about!