Easter

We had a busy Easter weekend, which began with the long dormant Smith Bakery opening for business. In anticipation of freedom to eat some Easter goodies and a few church potlucks/activities, I baked some tasty white rolls, 6 dozen mini chocolate muffins, oatmeal rolls, cinnamon rolls, a strawberry pie, and my first ever lemon meringue pie. (I realized I had never made a lemon meringue pie--it wasn't perfect, but overall turned out pretty good.) My oven was working hard Friday and Saturday. Of course, I now am back to eating well, so the "bakery" is closed again until further notice.

Besides all the tasty baked items to enjoy this weekend, we also enjoyed having Dave home for the first time in over a month. On Friday evening, we all went together on a "Walk With Christ," an event hosted by another ward from our church. Basically, you took a tour to learn about the life of the Savior. Rooms in the church building were staged and decorated to depict different scenes, such as the last supper, the garden tomb, etc. It was very well done and helped to remind us of the true importance of Easter.

The next morning, we had a Primary activity (this is where all the chocolate muffins went.) Dave was a huge help as a last minute flight attendant. There was an Easter egg hunt after. I don't have any pictures but I think the girls had a good time.

Later, we colored eggs at home. As you can see this takes serious concentration! This year we opted for the tye-dye coloring kit. It's less messy than filling 8 cups of dye and just waiting for the inevitable spill. With the tye-dye kit, you put an egg in a plastic bag and squirt a few drops of coloring into the bag and swirl it around--done with little mess.

Of course, I did end up having to mop up a spill anyway. Paige spilled her "Shirley Temple" drink during Easter dinner, which left the whole floor sticky--some things are just meant to be.
That evening before bed, Dave had a very nice discussion with the girls about the true importance of Easter.

Sunday was a very nice day, that we just spent together as a family. After enjoying baskets left by the Easter bunny. We got all dressed up and headed to Stake Conference.

Once we got home, we ate dinner, which included cinnamon rolls, roast turkey breast sandwiches, hard boiled eggs, salads and fruit. After dinner, the girls took turns hiding plastic eggs around the house and hunting for them, while mom and dad loafed on the couch.