SUNDAY WILL ALWAYS COME

Easter morning was just beautiful when the sun rose up over the mountains. My thoughts turned to that day so long ago when the Savior rose from the tomb. How thankful I am that we will all rise and we will be reunited again with our loved ones. I love Easter and the purpose for this beautiful holiday. I am so thankful for my Savior and his unconditional love for me. I think about the great gift of the Atonement and feel that at times I am so undeserving of His great love and mercy for me. I truly stand amazed at that kind of love. I know He lives and that someday I may fall at his feet and express my great love to Him. For it truly is wonderful that he could care for me enough to die for me. I love that Hymn "I Stand All Amazed",I can't sing it without tears. What a wonderful gift to have such blessings given to us because someone loves us so much.

I think about the talk that Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin gave not too long ago about the gift of the resurrection. He talked about the loneliness of being without his sweet wife after her passing. I loved that talk and I think about it quite often when I have some struggles in life. I try to remember that Sunday will always come.

On a lighter note, we had the "BIG" Jasperson Easter, Spring, and Birthday party at our house on Saturday. Dad turned 75 on Friday and so we partied to make him feel special and loved by his family. It takes so much work to plan and prepare for those parties but it turned out great. We had 35 people and we had to put everyone downstairs because it was not really good weather outside. It as a house full but it was so much fun. I love seeing those little kids play together and just have fun at my house. The food was good. We felt bad that our turkey didn't get finished in time for us to serve it at dinner time. It was a really large turkey and it took a really long time to cook in the trash can. We shared some with everyone and we will have lots of turkey dishes this week to use up the rest. We were glad to know that we could fit everyone in our basement and that we could have heat to warm it up when it is cold. It was fun seeing everyone and getting caught up on siblings and their children. It is good to be back in Utah and we can participate more in the family activities and even host the parties every once in awhile. We love you all and thank you for coming. We missed those that couldn't come and look forward to the time we can all be together.