Easter was a little different this year. Mom had just had surgery. Our kitchen was torn apart. We knew we wanted to get together, but we weren’t sure what it would look like or when. We decided to go ahead with it on Easter Sunday. Steph and Luke offered to host. Mom and Dad said they would stop out if mom was feeling up to it.
So, Sunday, we fancied up for church, enjoyed the baked oatmeal breakfast lovingly cooked by the SYF, and worshipped with our church family.
Then, we headed back to change clothes, take a picture with Pepper (we were trying to get a picture that showed off his bow tie!), and gather our food. I had offered to bring salad (no oven required) and a crockpot hot fudge lava cake (ended up being very easy and tasty!).
We enjoyed ham balls and zwieback – prepared by Lilli, Sophie, and Chloe – cheesy potatoes, green beans, and salad for lunch. Afterwards, we played a egg hunt game that Jen put together for the kids. They had to open an egg and match a letter that was hidden inside to one of many letters that spelled out prizes. If they added the last letter, they won that prize. It was just a different take on an egg hunt. It was a bit chaotic and loud for a bit, but fun to watch.
Grandma somehow had time to put together a little “bouquet” for the grandkids with notes for them and a Dariette gift card.
Our grandkid/grandparent picture:
Our family left about 4pm to join the Yohs. Jason, Niki and the kids had just gotten in that day. Jen was already here. And it was our turn to celebrate Easter. We had some tasty food and Jen and Grandmas had prepared a small egg hunt for the kids outside.
We came home and showed the girls the Easter baskets that we had put out on the table the night before that they had never seen. I had forgotten they didn’t need to go downstairs to eat breakfast since we were eating at church! It was still a fun surprise!
