The talk didn't kill me even though I felt like I was going to faint.  Why is it so scary to talk in front of nice people?  And it was fun to hang out with Barneys for Pi/Pie day.

Dad's cough is still hanging on but he's feeling so much better we aren't worried about it anymore.

The party at Moshan and Monsour's house was fun with many of our ESL students there.  It was Norouz  or the beginning of Spring for them.  They have a special table with the specific things on it to represent the things they want to come in the new year.  Candles, mirror, certain seeds and spices, fruit, eggs, flowers, and so on.  And it was fun to visit and eat everyone's dishes.

Our Easter was meaningful and satisfying.  I was to give the lesson to the Beehives that day and had been preparing the lesson on "how do we show our faith in Jesus Christ" and it was a wonderful experience preparing and reading and trying to see what would be the right thing to present as I teach.  I gained a deepened appreciation for my Savior and His love for us and His great, merciful gift.  We just can't do enough in our lives to show our gratitude, but we can trust Him to know what will make us happiest and trust that He understands when we try to do as He says.

Lara invited us over for dinner and we had a lovely meal and a happy visit.  I made a bunny cake for dessert that was fun.  Jon can't eat eggs so we substituted garbanzo bean juice for the eggs and the cake was tender and tasty.  Instead of coconut on the bunny I shaved some white candy coating and it came out curly and really pretty.  I think there was as much icing and candy on it as there was cake, but that's okay too.

The day before we had made chocolate marshmallow eggs with Sarah and her friend.  I made the whole batch of marshmallow and I had forgotten how much it makes.  We had marshmallow all over the place and when I poured it into the molds it came out fast and there were some mutant eggs to deal with, but no problem.  We put chocolate on them and they were fine anyway.  It's fun to do happy things.

And the most wonderful thing happened this week!  Adam came to Dallas on a business trip to help train some people in the office that will be opening there soon and we got to see him!  It has been way too long since we have seen him and it was worth the trip to Dallas to get to have dinner with him and visit some.  We went to a restaurant that he had chosen from the ones in the area.  It's called the Magic Time Machine.

It was a fun place with the wait staff dressed as cartoon characters and a sassy attitude.  The waitress we had was Joy from the movie Inside Out.  She was really cute and fun to watch.  Perfect choice for our little meeting.  It was so GOOD to see Adam.  He looks great and is happy and successful in his new job and responsibilities.

We are looking forward to seeing everyone at the reunion that is in the works now.  It isn't fun to be away from family.  And it's SO good to be together.  We are really excited about seeing all the Utah family next week!