Easter with an Earthquake

Easter 2010 was great this year I actually did something with my children that they thought was fun. I found an Easter Story Treasure Hunt that we did in our neighborhood. We walked around to look for specific items that had to do with Christs resurrection. It was short but to the point and they enjoyed learning that way. I'm slowly getting into the tradition thing with my children so we will see what next year brings.

That afternoon we were able to invite our friends, Buddy and Sara Haws, over for the last session of conference and lunch. They just moved into our ward from Arizona so I invited them to come celebrate with us. It wasn't much but I did print off the children's conference packet for each of them to try to do. It didn't last very long and just ended up sending them upstairs so that at least us adults could enjoy listening.

After they left not 20 minutes I was on the phone with my SIL, Amy, when I felt myself moving and then I looked up at my light fixtures and they were swaying. Then I hear Amy say to her family, "Boy's its an earthquake! Get to your spots!" What you have spots??? This was running through my head as I just sat there thinking what do I do now. I went and grabbed Easton and just held him until the 20 seconds was over which seemed liked a minute! Now I know why people say this when they are experiencing an earthquake cause it felt like a long time.

It was a definate wake up call for me as a mother. I had no place for my children to go to. We had no plan as to where or what we would do in an earthquake. The next day was Monday so for family night what do you think we did?? We discussed our plan and replenished our 72 hour kits that hadn't been done for a year. I'm going to be better at doing this every general conference.