goodness

In church yesterday, a woman I admire made a comment that I can't stop thinking about.  She  something like: "you know how some people are said to leave a wake of disaster wherever they go?  Well, I think there are other people who leave a wake of goodness, and I want to be like that."  To this I say "me too!"  I feel like I am surrounded by such people, those who look for the good in others and make them feel loved and happy, who jump at the opportunity to serve.  I want to be such a person too.   I'll be working on that, so if I'm ever snotty to any of you, please remind me of this post, will you? 

We had our Easter egg hunt on Saturday.  In keeping with Nelson tradition, we did it the weekend after Easter.  This means we get to focus on the Savior on the real Easter, and get candy at a discounted price for the hunt.  It works out well.  We didn't get any pictures of the actual hunt, which we had to do indoors this year due to the weather.  But here are the boys right after, showing off their...Halloween buckets...full of Easter loot.

(and if you happen to notice the condition of Taylor's pajama pants, just pretend that's how they're supposed to look, alright?)

Jack has determined that the trumpet is his favorite instrument and wants a real one. When Gavin was over yesterday he told us he had played in high school, and somehow the boys took that and ran with it. Before we knew it, Gavin was leading the boys in a band, nice man:

they all took it very seriously.  The funniest was when we heard Gavin say "it's called the 'think system'..." from the other room, reminding me that it's been far too long since I watched The Music Man.

and last, these pictures were in the mix of my most recently uploaded. 

The boys playing Don't Eat Pete with cheese puffs and broken bits of candy. 

Do all little children love making piles of blankets and cushions? I think I have yet to meet one who doesn't.