To start out I want to wish everybody a Happy Easter from the Allen Family. We have settled into our new house here in Ogden, Utah, and life is pretty good.
Our Easter Celebrations this year were much bigger than they were last year, since we had more family to share them with. Grandma Royer, Grandpa Royer and Aunt Mary all came up to stay with us a couple of days early since Grandpa had a mission reunion to attend, so we had several days of fun as well. They were joined Friday evening by my brother, Danny, his wife, Aleena, their kids, Memphis and Kayzee, and my sister Emily. So we had a whole house full of fun as we spread throughout the house to find places for everyone to sleep - which we managed quite successfully in my opinion. The biggest part of our Easter weekend took place on Saturday, April 4th. Everyone that stayed at our house on Friday traveled up to Grandma & Grandpa Christensen's house in Brigham City and met up with my brother, Teddy, his wife, Brit, and their son, Glen. We then proceeded to watch General Conference, with lunch and Easter festivities sandwiched between the two sessions. The pictures that I took are mostly from the fun we had in the middle of the day.
No Royer/Christensen family gathering is complete without some sort of feast. This time we had pulled chicken sandwiches with all the trimmings. It was a beautiful day, so we enjoyed our first picnic lunch of the year.
The next big event of the day was an Easter Egg hunt. The kids (of all ages) enjoyed looking for the Easter Eggs and had no trouble finding them in short order.
River was just content to play with her Easter basket and the couple of eggs that were designated "hers."
It was fun having cousin Glen to play with too. He and River are only about a month-and-a-half apart in age and they were both content to play with the eggs, while the bigger kids were more excited about the candy.
After the Easter Egg hunt, we had a piñata for the kids. Uncle Teddy controlled the movement, and each of the bigger kids had a chance to break it before Owen managed to pop the top off and free the candy from its cupcake prison.
The rest of the day was spent enjoying our time together, celebrating several family birthdays (Aunt Mary - March 28, Aunt Aleena - April 2, Grandma Royer - April 10, and Uncle Teddy - April 24), playing with cousins, and watching conference.
When it was all done, we went our separate ways, but the memories that we made will continue to strengthen our family ties and increase our appreciation for our Savior. His Easter sacrifice and resurrection have made it possible for our time with our families to be able to continue forever, not just for this weekend.
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