The Hardman's: Easter time...

Monday, April 13, 2009

Easter time...

SO, this year Easter was kind of sad! We celebrated Easter on Saturday, with Devin's family. Everyone was there and it was nice to spend time with my nieces and nephews. We had a yummy ham dinner and the kids received some baskets from Grandma and Grandpa Hardman and Great Grandma and Grandpa Vineyard. It is so celebrating holidays with little ones. It makes it so much more exciting! We left before the official egg hunt started, because we were heading up north to Farmington to play some games with our good friends, Amy and Andrew. They were at Andrew's parents new house for Easter. Chad and Cindy, Blake and Becky were also there. (Chindy and Blecky) :) The girls played some fun card games and chatted while the guys golfed on the Wii. When the boys were done, we played "murder in the dark." The objective was to catch a murderer, obviously! We turned off all the lights in the basement and one person drew a paper that gave them the job of murderer. We all crawled on our hands and knees, in the pitch black dark, trying to avoid being "choked" by the assassin! I never got to be the murderer, but I did manage to get my arm banged up pretty bad. First, Blake rolled over me as I lay on the floor dying, and shortly after, Chad stepped on my arm. Both guys were attempting to oust the murderer by racing to the light switch and exclaiming that they know who the murderer is. Even though I was injured, it was a lot of fun! It's great having good friends who are at the same stage of life as you are.

On Sunday, we went to church and got some nice reminders about the true meaning of Easter. I am so grateful for Christ's atonement and for the resurrection of our savior!!! The sad part came when we came home and napped for HOURS and ate pasta for dinner, followed by watching Twilight. Not very Easter-y! Amy and Andrew came by for games and brownies but it was sad not being with my family doing all those fun Easter things. Maybe next year we wil be in California, and perhaps with a little one to enjoy all the fun with! :)

We will however, be in California TOMORROW! I am so excited to see my family!

GOSH that was a long post...hope you all care! :)

Our internet has been down at home so I will post pictures soon!

1 comment:

Lindsay Edward said...: I'm trying to imagine the murderer game and all I can do is laugh, picturing you crawling around, getting mauled by everyone! Oh Alicia, I love you!; April 13, 2009 at 1:29 PM

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I used to think one day, they'd tell the story of us...

Devin and I met on the internet. Go ahead, laugh. We were both coming out of awful relationships and playing the field. Devin was working in Park City at the time, and drove over to Provo after work to hang out with me and my roomies. He totally ended up kissing me that night. I thought I wouldn't ever hear from him again, but he actually responded to my text the next day! We talked back and forth all day long. The next morning he showed up at my work (45 minutes away from him!) with flowers. The office secretary said, "Oh! He is a keeper!" I wasn't totally sure. After a romantic lunch at Taco Bell, he asked me to be his girlfriend. How corny! But, I said yes of course! Things moved quickly. We ended up stuck in Park City together and had to stay the night at the Marriott due to the weather. My mom was terrified and said, "I watch CSI! Be careful!" Devin and I just stayed up late and talked. That is when he told me he was falling in love with me.He even sang a song to me. I didn't know if I should laugh or cry! Haha! I was feeling the same way. It was so fast, yet so real, and exactly how I thought it should feel! I was smitten! He kept bringing up marriage. I had recently been engaged to a loser-extrordinare, and didn't want to rush into anything. He backed off and said, "Oh yea, me niether!" A few days later we were talking and he looked at me and said, "This is ridiculous, we know we are going to get married!" The next day we went ring shopping! He proposed on January 30, 2008. I was called to the main office and was told the prinicpal wanted to see me. I was kind of nervous! I had just talked to Devin on the phone, and as far as I knew, he was at home! I was also under the impression the ring would be out getting sized for atleast another week. I was not suspicious at all. I walked into the office and saw several flowers, but thought nothing of it. The secretary told me to go around the corner. As I turn, Devin pops out of the nurses office and drops to one knee. In my shocked state, I exclaimed, "You're doing this HERE!?" We laughed, we cried, he got on with it and I said yes. We were married 5 months later, and the rest is history. Or the present. And you get to read about it!