Easter Dinner

Haven't had a chance to "blog" for a few days...busy week!

Cooked my first Easter dinner on Sunday. Went VERY well. Had honey glazed ham in the crock pot (THANKS allrecipes.com!), rosemary potatoes au gratin, the CLASSIC green bean casserole (with the dried onion rings on top!), and made an AWESOME almond raspberry jelly roll (courtesy of Cooking Light magazine) for dessert.

Got up at 3:00 to put the ham in the crock pot, and then went back to bed. Duane and I went to Berean for Easter services, but didn't check to see what time they met, and ended up getting there 45 minutes after the service started. We ended up watching the sermon from the lobby (on the monitor), and then going in for the first part of the NEXT service to get the "entire effect". The choir and full orchestra were AMAZING, and it was good to be in church again.
Working at Harry & David almost every Sunday, has really put a crimp in my "church going"!!!

My sister and her family came for dinner (and Duane!), and it was a FUN, ENJOYABLE day!
I hid chocolate eggs and other candy and toys around the apartment so that Emilie and Abigail could have an "Easter Egg hunt". They had a blast, and it was fun to watch them run from room to room to find them!

Extended family had a dinner in Des Moines, and, it turns out that Robin and I were the only ones in the ENTIRE extended family that weren't there, but, they all live within an hour of DSM, and we live 4 1/2 hours away, so it's fine. In fact, things went so well here, that we're thinking of making it an annual tradition (my sister and I are VERY BIG on tradition!). (Plus, Duane and I were just IN Iowa last weekend!).

Sad note: Duane's grandpa died in his sleep at "the home" on Sunday night. He was 93, and had lived a GREAT life. We're sad, but Duane is doing well. Send your thoughts and prayers to him as he attends the funeral on Friday.