Easter 2024

Easter was fun this year.  We had Cadence home.  She has missed the last 2 Easters so it was nice having her home again.  Lorien had to be at her apartment so she wasn't there that morning, but was able to come over Easter afternoon to have Easter dinner with us.

Bladen was on band tour to San Francisco on Easter, but came home Easter evening.  He was sad to miss all the Easter festivities, but had a blast with his band group in California for the week.

Happy Easter from the Potter House.

 

Easter Egg Hunt 2024

For our Easter Egg hunt this year, we did it at my parents' house.  My dad had just found out that he has lung cancer & wasn't feeling great, so we decided to do it at his house so he & mom could be part of the fun without having to move around too much.

Trek had fun playing with his drone & I had fun filling a bazillion eggs & hiding them all around their backyard.  We invited the cousins over because cousins make everything more fun.  I'm so glad we're back in UT near family again.  It has been a lot of fun doing things as a family.

The kids were "kids" during the hunt. . . even the "adult" sized "kids."  They always have way too much fun darting after eggs, stealing from each others' baskets, & sabotaging each other so they can find the most.  They are stinkers.

After the egg hunt, we came back to our house & colored easter eggs.  My kids love it.

Easter time is so much fun.  I love these traditions we have as a family.

 

Cadence's Homecoming & Luncheon

Sunday, March 24th, Cadence had her Homecoming at church.  After serving a mission for our church, you return home & you speak to the congregation about your experiences on your mission.  She did an amazing job.

After church, we invited all of our friends & family members who came to watch her to our house for lunch, visiting, & seeing pictures from her mission.

It really was incredible.  I think we had at least one person from every area we have ever lived over the last 23 years there.  Some of these friends we hadn't seen in YEARS.  It was SO exciting.

One of Trek's best friends from High School came to see Cadence.

Trek's Uncle Donovan drove down to see us too.

A whole group of former Mongolian missionaries came.  These young adults also served missions in Mongolia with Cadence, but had gotten home a few months before she did.  She was SO happy to see them again.

One of the highlights of the day for me, was seeing a handful of my former seminary students. 8 of my students from Germany just so happened to be in Utah that day & they drove to see us.  My heart was so full seeing them as adults living life to it's fullest.  I'm so proud of these kids.

It was such a fun day.  I love visiting with old friends.  I miss my friends so much.