Happy Easter

This year, once again, we went to Mom & Dad's for Easter dinner and then everyone came to our house for dessert and the egg hunt.

  So, my "festivities" started on Saturday with baking and decorating.

 I decided to make cheesecakes.

 Big Mistake. 


I have no idea why they turned out looking like crap, but they did.  Anh mentioned that she heard if I put a shallow pan of water in the oven with the cakes it helps with moisture and they don't crack.

 

 So I made a few other desserts just in case the cakes tasted like they looked.

 Fortunately, for me, the cheesecakes were yummy.

 Some of my Easter decorations...

 I saw this on a blog, and I cannot remember where, but they took old light fixtures and planted flowers in them.  My Shug had put these in the garage sale pile, and I took them out!  I know I know...it's why I am stressed....too much stuff...but they did turn out cute.  They have screw holes in the glass, so they actually could be hung (by Coral Belle!)

 We also stuffed two HUGE shopping bags full of eggs.

 My Shug hid the eggs...and this is how he hid most of them. 

 It's kind of hard to see them, but they are just laying there on top of the ground

 Before the hunt...dinner....so we went to Mom & Dad's and oh my gosh.....

 lots of food!

 
 Trent was very fixated on getting his fishing pole ready for fishing!

 
 See what I mean!
 
 
 Now if you remember, on Monday last week we had a huge snow storm with ten inches of snow.  I have to tell you I was sweating this weekend because there is no way I can fit all of these people in one room at the same time.  Especially with the kids. 

Lucky for me the temps reached 55 degrees! And it was sunny!

Thank you God!

 It did rain the night before, and I told everyone to wear boots for the mud.  My Sister's family came very ready for hunting!




















Joey and Dylan were ready to hunt eggs too. 
 

When I walked outside they already had all of the baskets out, and I was informed that I needed more baskets and bigger baskets, or better yet, they prefer bags for next year.

 
 Chee decided to use the basket that held the baskets, and the boys decided to use the bags that their chairs came in!

I am definitely going to have to make some changes next year.

So my Shug is standing there trying to get everyone's attention to tell them where the eggs are hidden on our property. 

Lorri was already hunting though...

And everyone just took off!  It was hilarious! 

 Jeeeesh Taylor has four baskets!

Adrienne grabbed a grocery bag! 

We put candy, little toys, $1.00 bills, and lottery tickets in the eggs.  Oh yeah, and those necklaces from last year!

After the hunt, the guys took off across the road to go fishing.

The rest of us relaxed while the kids played outside.

And let's not forget to take a moment to remember the real reason for Easter.

 

Cindy Bee

PS - I'm going to skip Ripple Monday this week