I still need to catch up on some things from last month, but I also wanted to blog about Easter. We had such a wonderful Easter this year! We started out the day by going to church and enjoying a beautiful Easter program. As the choir director in our ward, I'm also in charge of putting together the big Christmas and Easter programs and so it always makes me a little nervous. I was so happy with how it turned out though! We didn't have a ton of musical numbers, but I felt like everything we did have was really polished and well done. I had a small group do an arrangement of "Were You There", the choir sang "None Other Lamb" by Craig Courtney and "Behold the Wounds in Jesus' Hands" by David Naylor, and we had a violin/piano duet of "O Divine Redeemer" that was beautiful. We also had some scripture narration and a couple testimonies in between the music. I was so touched by everything that day and had a lot of people tell me they felt the same. That means it was a success! We accomplished our goal, and I felt so relieved and fulfilled after it was over.
After church we put the kids to bed and started cooking! A few days before we still didn't really have any plans (besides church of course), so we decided to invite some friends over. It turns out, one of those friends, Becca, was planning on inviting us and the other couple over too, so we were all on the same page. Becca was happy to let us host but she offered to bring the ham so I got off easy! Then Joan offered to bring potatoes and I really felt like a bum. But I still did some things. I made rolls, a broccoli/cauliflower salad, some veggies, and carrot cake for dessert. Jeremy and I were on a roll all afternoon and it was a blast! We had an early dinner and it was so incredibly delicious. Everything everyone made was fantastic and it was such a fun evening. We had thought about inviting people we didn't know very well, you know, branching out, but for the holiday we were glad to be with good friends we felt comfortable with. Both these families are friends from church and the MBA program. Chad and Ryan are 2nd years, so they are done next month! We're really really going to miss them. Eli's good friends with their kids and I love their wives! I knew our time here was going to go by too fast and sure enough our first year is just about over and it's already time to say goodbye to good friends. :(
I meant to take a picture of everyone sitting at the table, but I got distracted by the mounds of delicious food in front of me, so here are some before pictures and then after dinner. It was nice to all be seated at the table. My friend Mary loaned me this cute little kids picnic table which worked out perfectly for 4 of the kids. (Thank you Mary! We wish you could have been here too!) We had 6 adults and 7 kids, so everyone fit just right.
After church - the boys really enjoyed the table. Too much in fact. Connor kept climbing on top of it, so we had to stand it up until right before dinner.
2 comments:
Those rolls look sooooo good! Glad you had a fun Easter. Our Easter got lost this year because the kids celebrated at Grandma's house and when we got home half the family had the stomach flu. Connor looks so much like you when you were littls- just a beautiful little person!
Fun Easter! Sounds great, and those rolls make me hungry! MmmmMmmmm! Connor and Eli are both adorable, of course, and you look pretty as always.
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