Easter

Easter was pretty laid back this year, but it was our first Easter with Scout, and I loved every minute!

The festivities began on Saturday morning when we opted for an Easter Eve egg hunt & breakfast and over our traditional family Easter dinner of  Eggs Ala Golden Rod (see here). We still had the EAGR, just for breakkast...along with yummy scones, bacon & Tiffany made a delicious quiche.

Earlier that week, we did a YW breakfast (to celebrate their Spring Break) so I had some toppings leftover from that -
raspberry, strawberry, cinnamon honey butter (yum!), nutella, etc...

The boys took advantage of the gorgeous weather and played some bocce ball (I think? Some version of it anyway...)

Playing with the action settings on my new camera...

Eric's Easter basket. Is he spoiled or what??

And Scout! All perdy in her Easter best.

Camera shy. :)

A hint of a smile...

Then, after church, I talked Eric into going on an Easter picnic at Julia Davis Park. There was a father-son pair in the gazebo when we first arrived, and the father told us that he was just telling his son about how he proposed to his mother in that same gazebo. That sparked some fun memories of Eric and I's engagement. I always tease Eric that he proposed to me at a cemetery, but in all fairness to him, it was actually across the street from a cemetery. :)

Julia Davis is right by the zoo so I got to steal a few free shots of this beauty with my zoom lens! :)

This is a sign of a good day! So very sweet...

  

Easter Surprise

Family traditions are a funny thing, but we don't always realize how funny they are until someone new comes along and challenges them. The Honn tradition for Easter dinner is "Eggs Ala Goldenrod" (which some refer to as "poop on a shingle" or a new one I heard yesterday from our lovely pseudo relative Becky, "wet fart"). Regardless of it's mean names, the Honns have grown rather fond of this strange little dish. Unfortunately, we can't say the same for some of the in-laws (Ahem, Eric).

Eggs Ala Goldenrod

Instead of my typical bunny cake, I decide to make these little Easter/Spring Cupcakes.

Now comes the "surprise" part. After dinner, Sheri (sis-in-law) decided she wanted to try on my niece's fancy prom dress (see photo of Cami wearing the dress below)...

...so the 3 of us went upstairs so she could model it for us. And for some reason, they kept insisting that I try it on as well. Thank goodness I said no! When we all came out of the room, with Sheri all dressed up & nowhere to go, the rest of the family was waiting for us downstairs...with a huge mound of birthday gifts in the middle of the room (numbered 1-30). Evidently, the whole prom dress thing was a decoy so they could set up the surprise. Plus they wanted to see if they could really embarrass me by making ME try on the dress and then open all of my presents as a birthday prom princess. Even without the dress, I was still a little embarrassed, but I definitely felt the love.

Here's all of the loot (mixed in with some of Eric's Easter treats). There were 30 gifts in honor of my 30th year...and some of them actually came in 30s (30 sticks of gum, 30 pens, 30 easter eggs, 30 squares of toilet paper, etc.)

I loved this. On the back, it reads: By the way, this took me THIRTY minutes to make. From my clever 11 y/o niece Faith.

And, finally, my lovely succulents from my mama.

Happy Easter

I need to go to bed, but it's been a good day - filled with family and messages of our savior. Here are a few random pictures from the day.
Easy bunny cake. Just make two round cakes, cut like so, and decorate as you wish!
Hunting for eggs...And looking mischievous.	My brother's REAL bunny, "Snowbell". Very cute.