Happy Easter

Happy Easter!!! We started our day at the early services at Mt. Vernon. It was a great day in church with some great friends. We took a couple pictures before we went into the service. Stephen looked a little drugged in some of theses. Notice I said we went to the EARLY service. Plus he has had a cold for the last few days and had a dose of something from the medicine cabinet before we left.


While we were in church the sun decided to come out so the girls decided we needed to take just a few more pictures. Thank goodness we have such patient husbands who were so willing to stand there and look so handsome and smile for the camera :)

Girls picture:

Me, Tara, Rhyan

I decided to put on my Martha Stewart hat and host Easter at our house this year since we actually have enough room at our new house. We had Stephen's parents, brother and his paternal grandparents for lunch.

The Menu:
Peppered Pork loin
Rice and gravy
Parmesan creamed corn
Balsamic vinaigrette green beans
Strawberry jello salad
Crescent rolls
Stuffed eggs (my mom said you can't call them deviled eggs on Easter :) )

Coconut cake
Eclair dessert

Thanks Mama Deb for helping with the desserts, eggs and salad!! We will be having some of the leftover coconut cake for supper tonight :)

Then after visiting for awhile, I made everyone get up from their comfortable spots in the den and go out on the porch for pictures. Its okay cause they love me enough to put up with it. I mean, come on! Its a memory! We need pictures! What else would I blog about!?!

All in all, it was a great holiday. Missed my Pourciaus/Winters but it was nice to make new traditions here and in our own home. Now that the mess is cleaned up and the pictures are downloaded, its time to chill and spend of the rest of the day remembering what the real reason for Easter is, not the stuffed eggs or crescent rolls. Its about Him!! Praise God! He is risen!!! And that is why we can get up each day and face this crazy world we are living in now because we know that this is not all there is. Looking forward to celebrating Easter in heaven one day. Can you imagine the celebration that will be!?! Wow!