The Lee Family: Happy Easter!

Sunday, April 21, 2019

Happy Easter!

We all got ready and headed up to Highland Village for Meeting. After a very fulfilling Sunday Meeting we quickly headed back home so we could be home for Judy, who was joining us along with Megan and Ryan. This year we stuck close to prior Easter menus, including Honey Baked Ham, the yummy potatoes au gratin made in the slow cooker and the apple feta spinach salad which is one of my favorites. This year we tried a new balsamic roast carrot recipe, which was very good and Megan made delicious herbed croissant rolls. Lunch was delicious and is always one of my very favorite meals of the year. It's also fun to have everyone at our table and to visit with Judy, Megan and Ryan. Just fun and easy people to spend time with for Easter, or any other time.

After our delicious meal, we cleaned up and Marco, Stacy and their boys came over for dessert and an Easter egg hunt. Marco and Stacy brought a beautiful chocolate cake along with over 100 plastic Easter eggs to hide in our backyard! CK and Marco spent the next 20 minutes hiding the plastic Easter eggs in our backyard while the kids tried not to peak! After they were all hidden, which included some remarks from CK about there being "too many eggs," the kids were ready to hunt! Given that Sofia is now a 6th grader, I wasn't sure if she would want to hunt Easter eggs with "the little kids," but she was totally onboard. We let Luca get a few minutes head-start and then released Antonio, Olivia and Sofia to search. The eggs were everywhere and the kids had a ball picking them up as quickly as they could and then really had to search for them once they became more scarce. Even with four sets of eyes searching for Easter eggs, I knew I would be finding them for days and maybe weeks after today!

After the egg hunt, the kids went through their eggs, finding candy, toys and even money. I think Sofia and Olivia actually enjoy searching for the eggs more than actually finding out what is inside, although, they both love the little Twix bars. We all had dessert, which included the lovely chocolate cake that Marco and Stacy brought along with carrot cake and vanilla ice cream. I had made a lemon bundt cake the day before, but it ended up being a big disaster and I threw it away. It actually tasted fine, but looked terrible. Too bad! The carrot cake and chocolate cakes were amazing and it was a great end to a perfect Easter. After our guests headed home, we changed and relaxed. A nap may have been taken by soon too! Happy Easter!

The four of us before Meeting!