Easter 2025

We stopped doing Easter baskets years ago and try to focus on the Savior more in our Easter celebrating. Family time and playing with friends on Good Friday, a ward party, ministering and acts of service, uplifting music, etc. it was a good weekend. We put a few little things out on the table Easter morning for the kids to enjoy. (Sloane’s favorite pretzels, gum for the teens, peeps flavored cereal, etc). It was simple and wonderful. 

We had a family dinner at Paul and HolleeAnns with Mattie’s family and Kasey. HolleeAnn had little goodie bags prepared and “obnoxious Easter/bunny tees and headbands for all the kids because you are Minimalist Meg but I am Auntie Extra” 😂 sooo true. 

(Nico, Soren, Gigi, Q, Sloane, Lochlan, Corbin, Lily, Oliver, Esme, Bear

Neighbor Kathy brought all the kids chocolate and apologized that we aren’t doing Primrose Easter this year. Nita, who was the biggest supporter, has Parkinson’s and is now in an assisted living center and the youth pastor Brandon and his wife are expecting a baby and not feeling so hot. It just isn’t happening this year. We discussed a Memorial Day cookout. I’m sad though. I love Primrose Easter. This would have been year 5. I’ll try to plan ahead and head it up next year. 


Bunny tees from auntie. Quincy’s tee says “treat all peeps with kindness” and the message came at a perfect time. These two tag teamed in defense of a less popular friend this weekend that they found out was uninvited from a party. Corbin left said party and took him to an open invite game night at Lyndia B’s and and then they pulled up to Scott G’s birthday party that Quincy was attending where Q and Luey G welcomed him in big time. It’s not easy to stand up to peers when they’re being unkind and exclusive. I’m really proud of Corbin for standing alone to 6 dudes for the sake of general kindness. I’m also proud of Quincy’s response to Corbin’s friends when she heard about it. Holy moly. She was NOT having it 😳. I was never that bold in high school. These two working together for a cause are an unexpected force. They built their friend up and made sure he had a great night. 

After Metfield Ward ended today, a woman I’ve never met before approached me. She said “you don’t known me but I recognize your son (points to Corbin). I see him in the halls all the time and I’ve been observing him. You need to know you have a really kind teenage boy. He’s not even in our ward and he’s come to help me in the halls when I’m out here with my young children. He’s so cute and I can tell he is well loved and respected by every boy in Metfield ward because I hear the way they talk about how they hope to go find him after our sacrament meeting ends. He is good and light and a real dream.” 

I have no idea who this woman is, but hearing someone “glaze up” my son like this, a stranger no less, was really sweet. My daughters have had comments like this, but what a treat for a mom to hear such nice words about my teenage son. I know they are true too because I saw his giant heart in action this weekend. 

I know kids are not perfect, and being a teenager is hard, but I really really love effort to be inclusive and nice.  I don’t post this to brag, I guess I just really appreciate that someone else noticed Corbin’s efforts to develop good character. He really is a goodie. 

Elder Burnett is headed to Costa Rica. He’s pretty happy! His farewell talk was one of the most beautiful testimonies I’ve ever heard. Wow wow wow. The minute he stood up, Quincy’s eyes spilled over and fat mascara tears ran down her cheeks. And then our whole row cried with him through his tender, honest talk. Very powerful. So proud of Jacob! 

Sugar Creek music and speakers were so good today and I could feel an extra focus on the Savior and then enabling power of His Atonement. 

Cousin Mattie sang with her girls and ended up inviting mine to join them, which was so kind. They were VERY excited about it. I love the song Risen For Me that they sang. Beautiful. And Mattie always sounds great! 

Also great: some of my Sunday school kids played in musical numbers for the ward Easter dinner on Saturday afternoon! They testified of the Savior through music and a few played multiple instruments. Good job youth! 


We brought Trey B and Carson B home with us to hang out with Soren. Here’s a pic of us on the way to the church spilling Mac n cheese on the seat.

The kids made blessing bags to keep in our car and pass out. 

Quincy missed our Easter sacrament meeting because she attended Mariah H’s farewell talk in Bentonville and stayed to hear Henson play cello in the meeting right after. She joined us in Metfield for Jacob though so she still managed to hit three meetings today. I think there will be several Sundays like this coming up.  

Mariah invited her friends with mission calls to go outside and take a photo at the temple after church.  They all brought their flags from Quincy! She can’t wait to join them. She is happy to be the cheerleader and picture taker until it’s her turn. 

Henson B (Singapore Mission teaching in Malay), Luke D (Adriatic North Mission teaching in Czech), Tyler B (Honduras Mission teaching in Spanish), Mariah H (Leeds England Mission), Ena R (Philippines teaching in Tagalog), Zack Shef (Uruguay teaching in Spanish), Ethan EVS (Calgary Canada teaching in Korean), Lance Fancy R (Seoul South Korea Mission teaching in Korean), Trey H (Copenhagen Denmark Mission) 


She has a few friends (Gavin F, Parker O, Sam B, Sadie W, Austin S, Coleman P) who also have calls that aren’t pictured here. and cousins (Ethan and Ella Willardson who obviously aren’t in these pics of a friend group), but she’s a really excited supporter for all of them. 

What a beautiful Easter Sunday. It rained and we got to face time with Reese and talk to my parents (they’re in Utah rn) and spend time with our forever family reflecting on our Saviors redeeming love.