Westover Family's Chinese Adventure: Easter

Happy Easter from China. We had a church Easter party on Saturday. It was a great time. We went to Yu Hua Tai Park in Nanjing. It is a huge park. The main part of the park is a large memorial to some communist soldiers killed during the war with the nationalist. Around the memorial are many different parks and grassy areas. We had an area with a large grassy area adjacent to some woods. They set up an Easter Egg hunt in the woods. It was a great time. The kids has so much fun finding their plastic eggs filled with Candy. It is really nice for the kids to have some things that help them feel a bit like home. After the Easter Egg hunt we had a bunny bowl, or American football game. It was a ton of fun. It was beautiful weather. We had about 30 people there and it was a great time.

Saturday morning started out with a trip to the fresh market. Alauna started cooking again last week. So when I make my trip to the fresh market it's a pretty big trip. The fresh market is one of my favorite places in China. There are such personalities working and shopping there. There are many sights and sounds and smells. Most smells are not pleasant but definitely add to the experience.

The boys had a soccer tournament at school. They were playing against the Nanjing Foreign Language School. Brannon is 9 and they played against kids that were 13-14 years old. They lost 2-0 but they did awesome. Trevon's team played kids their same age and they did very well.

This weekend we got a new trampoline. It is another thing that helps bring some normalcy into their lives. We ordered a 15' trampoline, but they were out of stock so we got a 16' instead. It fills up the whole back yard. I think our back yard is 16' 1" deep. The kids have had a great time jumping and playing on the tramp. It was great because Tiana, Marissa, Brannon, Trevon and Tiana's friend Elissa all helped to build the tramp.

We also got the Xbox set up. It has been here with us the entire time but because the power is different we haven't plugged it in. I was able to find a power converter and the Easter Bunny brought a couple new games and the kids are loving playing Just Dance again.

We had a great Easter Sunday. Alauna spoke in church and gave an amazing talk on the Atonement and Easter. She is such an amazing lady and I'm so honored and privileged to be her husband. We also had a great dinner. I was able to find a ham (not cheap) and we had a great Easter dinner as a family. The kids also colored Easter Eggs.

Overall it was a great weekend. Beautiful weather, great time with family and friends, great church service, great food, and a great time to ponder on the important things in life, namely our relationship with our Savior Jesus Christ.

Boyd