Easter and Cavin's Birthday!

Easter weekend was a simple but nice one. Cavin’s birthday happened to fall on Easter this year and so we got to celebrate his life and the life of our Savior! 

We started the weekend with the tradition of dying Easter eggs!

We also celebrated Cavins birthday early on Saturday afternoon/evening with dinner at Culvers (drive thru of course) and then a water balloon fight!

Easter morning we started with an egg hunt and searching for baskets.

That morning we had a birthday donut and Cavins favorite meal of omelettes.

He then wanted to decorate his own cake, so we made it into the shape of an egg and away he went decorating.

He really loves to bake and cook with me!

Here is his cute little peep egg.

We had sacrament meeting and then a zoom church since we are unable to meet together with people and then we ate a nice ham dinner. Afterward we FaceTimed with Ragnar's family and mine and then opened presents.

He got a chrome book from my parents a couple weeks ago as an early present since we are doing online schooling now. He also got mechanical pencils, socks, a water bottle, a couple switch games, a switch remote, a nice watch, and a computer mouse. His list was very random and he was pretty excited about the pencils 😂

We had cake and ice cream and played games together. Then he got a surprise visit from his grandparents and aunt Natalie and cousin John who is serving his mission with my parents right now. Due to quarantine we just talked on the back porch, but it was nice to see them and it made his day! Cavin is 12! I am so grateful they changed the church policy last year and so he received the priesthood in January. If it would be right now, then Ragnars parents wouldn’t have been able to attend.
Cavin is still very competitive. He really likes to play games and has a math brain. He is still really quiet but is a hard worker. He tries hard to excel at school and anything he can succeed in. He has improved a lot in the cello in the past 6 months of starting and he really is great about practicing. He is a great big brother and is always playing with Deacon and Deacon looks up to him. He still plays soccer and does well. He is now 5’3 and everyday puts his hand by my head to see if he’s taller than me! I still have 3 inches on him 😉
He has had a harder year trying to figure out who he is and who he wants to be, but I am praying he will see his worth and know his great potential! Happy Birthday Cavin, we love you!