We started off Friday night eating these:
(Yes. That's homemade burgers, homemade buns, homemade oven fries. Recipes coming soon. Yum!)Then Saturday we watched 4 wonderful hours of Conference while occasionally battling things like this:
I guess he didn't want to watch Elder Bednar. He was actually pretty good through most of the sessions, but we did have to wrestle him away from the TV a few times. :)Then after the afternoon session Heidi came up to visit! We had dinner and then sent Jeremy off to the Priesthood session while we made the potatoes for our Easter feast the next day.
Then Jeremy came home and gave us the full report on the session and then we made these:
(Above is Jeremy's Humpty-Dumpty-esque egg).
Aren't they beautiful? (I don't know why that picture rotated. Oh well).Then Sunday we watched 4 more hours of Conference:
Eli loved the music. This is during Music and the Spoken Word before the morning session. He got right up there when they started singing the Hallelujah Chorus and just stared at the TV. We love him. :)We spent the in-between times playing a bit...
...but mostly preparing for this:
Everything went so well! We made ham, gourmet potatoes, asparagus, rolls, and carrot cake for dessert. We had some friends from our ward over and they brought a salad and a fruit platter and everything was sooo delicious! It was fun to celebrate Easter in our home and we had a great time chatting with our friends and getting to know them better.And about Conference: it was fantastic. I loved how so many of the talks were focused on teaching in the home. Jeremy and I were talking about this last night and we were feeling the responsibility of being parents. It all comes down to us. With the world the way it is today, we can't rely on anyone else to teach our kids the truths of the gospel or even basic moral and ethical behavior. We have to be strong in the home. I'm excited to be able to re-read and study the talks (especially since we had a cute little distraction making lots of noise). They were all perfect for what we needed to hear and learn right now. I hope everyone else had a wonderful weekend! We felt so grateful for good family, friends, food and faith.
8 comments:
Thank you for the dinner last night! It was so good, and we had such a great time!! I'm happy that you invited us over. :)
The Conference was wonderful as always.
Thank you from me too! YES, everything went so well- you are such a great cook Sarah! :) I don't think I've mentioned this, but I like your cooking blog too. I love trying new things and you have a great assortment of recipes.
David and I had a similar talk about how all of the conference talks (so it seemed) were about parenting and strengthening the home... etc. I loved it!
Thanks for inviting us over (again)- it was fun!
I love reading your blog! Your food looks delicious (as always) and we can totally relate to the distractions . . . except we have three, and even had some friends and their own distractions over for some of the sessions! Yeah, looking forward to reading the Ensign! :) It was still great, though.
Sarah you and Jeremy are such amazing people. I loved all your beautiful pictures of Eli, decorating eggs, your beautiful table and wonderful food. You are creating an inviting home for your family. Many memories will be there around the table and home. You and Jeremy are up for the task and with the Lord's help you will raise a righteous family. The world needs more parents like you and Jeremy. Thanks for inviting Heidi over too. You are so good to her. I am happy I have the honor of being your mom! I loved conference too and we had so much fun with Amy, Rob and their cute kids.
The carrot cake looks rediculously fantastic! I haven't had any sugar in 10 days and if it was around I think it would be my undoing. Today I am glad you are in UT and I am in CA! Too much temptation!
Okay, you are an AMAZING cook! Those burgers and fries, with homemade buns and everything?! Amazing! And the Easter dinner?! You're awesome and I want to be more like you. Your Conference/Easter weekend sounds like so much fun. And I am jealous that you get to watch Conference on TV. :)
Yay for yummy food, inspiring conference talks,and family. Eli is just adorable! Russ really liked the music, too. All your pictures are so great.
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