Happy Easter 2022

Our little Cali sweetheart!

Front door spring

beautiful Easter morning 

 

Easter 2021

That little California girl is growing up so fast!  I was just looking at pictures of her from a year ago.  She's had an amazing ride already 💗

The Easter front door.  Here we are a week after Easter and the wreath is still up because it's home to a nest of baby birds.  Just waiting for them to grow their feathers and fly away so a new wreath can go up!

Mama and PJ and Jeff came for Easter.  It was a lovely visit, but I didn't take one picture of us!  So here's another of Oceanna.  I love her mismatched socks.  

Wreaths featuring mama's bunnies :)

 

Easter

Betsy & Kyle, on Easter morning:)

We weren't with them today, but facebook kept us updated. . . 

 Beautiful day, a little chilly but sunny and just right for Easter.  

 Mark has the garden worked up and all ready for us.  We put the peas in today.

V is always talking about her mom's coconut cream pie, so I thought I'd take a stab at it.  It turned out pretty!  Easter makes me remember good times when we were growing up.  Mama made sure we had new clothes for church and an easter basket and grandma would make the best dinners.  I think grandma  might have laughed at my spiralized sweet potatoes and at the canned green beans from the grocery. 

Hope your Easter was happy too!

The (Very) Serious Work of an Easter Egg Hunt

Recipe Book

Yes, I know Pinterest has thousands of great recipes, but for Easter I wanted something from my church days.  This 1980s recipe book from Christ Methodist Church in Lexington  is falling apart and it makes me smile every time I use it. I remember my good friends Cindy and Linda and Nancy and Alan and Peggy and wonder where they are and what they are doing these days. 

 I believe there's a little piece of cake left that would make a good breakfast today.  Cake for breakfast should make for a happy Tuesday, don't you think?

Easter Menu

Cucumbers & Onions with Hendrickson's Marinade
Grilled Butterfly Pork Chops with Famous Dave's Rib Rub
Diced Sweet Potatoes with Sea Salt
Green Beans
Hawaiian Style Dinner Rolls

No deviled eggs today.  No ham.  But still, a pretty good feast.  And for desert, Texas Sheet Cake with Strawberries and Reddi Whip.  Which I have already sampled because I needed to make this picture for the blog :)

I'll share the cake recipe with you next.  Hope your Easter is hoppy and happy. 

Happy Easter!

Easter!   We have much to be thankful here on this Easter weekend.  It was a glorious Saturday--morning at the flower shop, afternoon shopping with Mark, a nap, and then tonight I baked a cake for tomorrow's dinner.

Love this little bunny vase that PJ gave to me.  The daffodils are fading in the garden with all this warm warm weather.  But the May flowers are already well in bud so there's lots to enjoy out there along with an extremely healthy looking crop of weeds.  The Easter bunny brought baskets for our Kyle and Betsy who will be coming to Springfield for a visit soon.   May your Easter be happy too :)

Happy Happy Easter

 

Happy Easter!  This sweet little bunny vase came from my  sister, PJ.

And this little basket went down to London last week to Betsy & Kyle.  The bunnies didn't  last long :)

Happy Easter

These pictures are from my mom's blog that she posted last Easter.  When she was young, she had a corsage for Easter Sunday morning.  I don't remember having corsages, but I always had a new outfit with a new hat.  And this is an Easter Sunday at her church when she was growing up at  Arcadia Methodist.  I don't remember this building.  They built a new sanctuary with the most beautiful stained glass windows behind the alter.   I loved hearing my mom play the organ every Sunday.   

I was 6 in this picture, standing in front of the catalpha tree.   Don't think I ever climbed another tree in my whole life, but I loved to climb this one.

And here's Betsy in her Easter dress last year.  Can't wait to see her picture with her little brother Kyle for this Easter.   

Happy Easter everybody!

Easter Peeps

This year's peep designs!