Easter 2016

With a less-than-one-week-old baby, Easter was a wonderfully lazy and laid back holiday at home.

Grammy took the girls home with her on Friday night so they could attend a cousin’s birthday dinner.  I knew I couldn’t handle the two hour drive very well unfortunately.  I still have some discomfort from delivery, especially the torn ligament and lingering back pain from carrying that cute boy around for months.  So baby Z and I stayed home.  Originally Husband was going to go north with them but his work had sudden complications and he stayed home to work out some details. 

On Saturday morning, husband left to fill in for me at the neighborhood Easter egg hunt.  It’s an annual event that I initiated and have had a lot of fun coordinating.  This year I debating not doing it but ended up unable to resist.  So I got most the plans in motion and turned it over to a committee.  But husband was so wonderful to go Saturday morning to help set up and emcee the event.  As always, it turned out great.

Meanwhile, the girls had spent the night at Grammy and Papa’s house and got to go to their local egg hunt.  They came home with a pile of full size candy bars and eager to see baby again.  Apparently in the chaos, L’s age group ended up with only about half the eggs they were supposed to have.  She managed to get three eggs but generously gave two of them away to other little girls that didn’t get any.  I love her so much!  After the egg hunt and a few errands, they made it home in time for A and E to go to a friend’s birthday party while L watched a chick flick with Grammy and me.  We spent the evening eating pizza and decorating Easter eggs, with all the girls sporting their colorful bunny ears I had dug out of storage.

Sunday morning, I slept in a little while husband watched an animated living scriptures about the resurrection.  Once we were all awake and ready, the girls rushed downstairs to find their Easter baskets.  The girls were delighted with their treats, new sandals and especially their new earrings and a journal for each of them.  They loved the Tonka truck for baby Z and eagerly tore into the Shopkins toys they received.  We made daddy eggs and cinnamon rolls for breakfast and then readied for church.  Baby Z and I stayed home, away from the germs, but we still got dressed up for a family picture after church.  As the girls took turns showering, they helped with one more Easter project—making bird nest treats with rice krispy treats and mini eggs.

While husband and the girls were at Primary, Grammy and I put together our Easter feast with ham, rolls, cheesy twice baked potatoes, veggies, deviled eggs, pink pears and sunshine pudding.  We baked a carrot cake but were so full from dinner and surrounded by Easter candy that I finished frosting the cake and then put it in the fridge to eat as breakfast all week.  J

Grammy and Papa had to leave right after dinner but Grandpa arrived soon.  He brought Easter gift for the girls: baskets with more candy and a few trinkets.  Plus Grandpa brought large mystery boxes.  The girls dove into them, delighted to find a new ukulele for each of them.

Lastly, we visited the cemetery, meeting husband’s brother there.  We spent a few minutes at Grandma’s headstone and had family prayer.  Then we lounged at Grandpa’s house for a little while, watching Hop and letting baby Z get to snuggle his new uncle.