Easter Fun!

My mom & dad, sister, John, Jordyn & Jenna came for Easter on Friday. It was so nice to just hang around with them and chat. We prepped for the big Easter meal on Saturday since Bill had an Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday and a game on Sunday. The meal turned out really good. My dad bought a delicious ham and I found a recipe for a sweet gravy to go with mashed potatoes.

It's basically pineapple juice, cherry juice, 2 cups of water & the ham. I'm not a big ham fan...but mashed potatoes & gravy (bring it on!). I also made homemade applesauce that was so easy & went well with the ham too. Asparagrass (as we call it), salad (to make us feel like we were eating healthy) and Sister Shubert's yeast rolls. I'm always happy when the meal tastes good cause when I'm cooking...it's really hit or miss :). Then we had pies, my sisters oatmeal choc. chip cookies & mom's easter cupcakes.



Sunday morning, the kids woke up at 6...I threatened them to go back to sleep till 7 :) And then they found their easter baskets.

Church was awesome on Sunday! You know it's good when you don't want to leave at the end...you just want to continue worshipping. We learned about heaven & the resurrection. My favorite is watching grown men, our pastors, up front,  jumping up & down with joy. This always makes me smile & wonder how many will be jumping in heaven!!

After church the kids had an easter egg hunt that my sister & John prepared & the Easter Bunny even came to visit...he was on his way down to the Sixers game to visit his cousin Hip-Hop.

My mom & I took Jordyn & Madison to see Hop and on Monday we had breakfast at Tom Jones & said goodbye. It was a great weekend. I was sad Bill had to work so much on this special holiday but so grateful to be with my family.