Showing posts with label Easter. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Easter. Show all posts

Friday, April 10, 2020

CORONA EASTER


Once again I am behind in writing my blog and in reading others.  You would think will all this isolation I would have been an avid blogger!!!! My only excuse is that my brain has either been pre-occupied with trying to stay sane or I just haven’t had anything to write about!  I still don’t have anything glorious, funny, or possibly even interesting to entertain you with, but here’s what I got….

HAPPY CORONA EASTER!  




And what a strange Easter it will be.  In fact I think this will be the first Easter in my entire life that I won’t be in church on Easter Sunday….and that makes me very sad.  (We will be listening to my fabulous preacher on the radio though.)  And I will be having my son, DIL, grandson and granddaughter for Easter dinner.  We are not sheltering from each other totally, although we are all sheltering as much as possible in our own homes…or wearing masks for work, etc.

The menu will consist of:  Chicken Pie, Sweet Potato Casserole, Peas, Deviled Eggs, Chicken Fingers for the kids, and Strawberry Shortcake with homemade Pound Cake.  It will be such a blessing (even more so this year) to sit around the table, hold hands, and hear my husband say grace.  My husband and I always hold hands when we bless our food, but it’s so much extra special when the whole family is involved.



My 13 (almost 14) yr. old granddaughter has once again requested an Egg Hunt, but instead of candy there will be $$$$$.  Even her 16 yr. old brother will get into that!!!!               By the way, this is what he's getting in his Easter basket...he loves craves these things!!!



I always looked forward to Easter Sunday when I was growing up.  Not only did I get a basketful of treats, but I also got a brand new dress for church and most of the time a new hat to match😊  My Mama made every Easter dress I ever wore….even into high school.  And we always wore white gloves and as a little girl I wore those little white socks with lace around them and either new black or white patent leather shoes.  I felt sooooo pretty😊




This Easter my church will be empty without my church family,but I recently saw something that said it’s OK because the tomb was empty too.  I am so blessed that my mother took me to church from the time I was an infant (yet my father never darkened the door of the church that I ever knew of), and when I was 9 years old I boldly walked to the front of my little church and told my preacher I wanted to accept Christ as my Savior.  I was able to do that because Christ was willing to die for me and for my sins and then rise from the dead, leaving the empty tomb behind. 



One of my hopes is that some good things will come out of this virus pandemic situation…and I do believe there will be some good.  But the best possible thing that could come out of it is that more people will come to realize that GOD IS REAL and that He wants to be their Savior.  My Sunday School class has been praying for a friend of a friend who has been an atheist.  However, he is now asking for prayer due to having the corona virus.  Praise God! 

I hope all of you reading this are well and that you are 

wearing your masks




washing your hands...



using your hand sanitizer...


sheltering in place as much as possible...

and using supplies wisely…teehee!


 Let’s kick this virus’ butt right out the door!  I’m ready to get back to NORMAL…well, that is if I ever was normal…LOL!!!

                            I  sure  miss  hugging!!!!

Sunday, April 1, 2018

It Was a Very HAPPY EASTER!



 


I hope everyone had a lovely Easter.  We had an absolutely beautiful day here in the South….just the perfect temperature with a beautiful blue sky overhead.  I spent most of Saturday cooking for my sweet family, then put on the finishing touches before heading off to church this morning.  As usual, our pastor had a wonderful sermon and the music was lovely and inspiring.

 
After church we came home for our Easter spread; the menu included:
 *Poppy Seed Chicken Casserole
*Sweet Potato Casserole with Crunchy Topping (my mother’s recipe)
*Pink Eye Peas
*Deviled Eggs
*Pineapple Cheddar Salad
*tea & rolls
*and for dessert LEMON CHEESE CAKE (my husband’s and granddaughter’s favorites)…but I have to admit I bought it our our local bakery!

Of course, we had to make family pictures….
My son, daughter-in-law, & the two kiddos that make all our worlds go round


                                                     

    My other half and me with our two wonderful grands


 and we watched the two grands dig into their Easter gifts from Cheri & Papa. 




And for a special surprise I planned a special kind of egg hunt for the kids!  This was the first year my granddaughter was not able to hunt eggs at our church’s annual hunt.  She is no longer in the children’s dept. but moved up to Youth, so she helped hide the eggs instead of hunt for them.  That made me a little sad knowing that now both my grandchildren are growing up way too fast.  I figured my 15-year old grandson would balk at hunting for Easter eggs, but I outsmarted him😊  Inside each egg was a slip of paper with an amount of money on it.  At the end of the hunt, they were to add up their findings and I would give them their share of the money!  And….there were two golden eggs (one for each) with a larger amount.  Let me tell you….MONEY TALKS!  My grandson (who can be very competitive, especially with his sister) was hunting eggs like there was no tomorrow!!!!  And (almost unbelievably) they ended up with almost the exact same amount of money….it sure is nice when things work out that way!



After a huge meal, Easter surprises, and the egg hunt I treated myself…..to an afternoon nap😊 


Hope your Easter was as lovely and special as mine was!

Saturday, April 23, 2011

HERE COMES PETER COTTONTAIL




Happy  Easter


I’ve been so busy I’ve not had any time for blogging…or Easter decorating, so I thought I’d share my BUNNY COLLECTION with you.  These all live in our yard, hiding here and there.  The grandkids like to count how many they can find.  Hope everyone has a very BLESSED EASTER. Hopefully things will slow down and I’ll get back to my blog soon.
























Hope the Easter Bunny is good to everyone, but mostly let us remember





Thursday, April 1, 2010

Easter Goodies

Isn't this a cute kid? 

That's my grandson, just turned 7 this week.  Today I've been busy baking for both he and his daddy.  His daddy needed a cake for a bake sale so I made my mama's delicious Lemon Pound Cake recipe....the cake sold before I even got it there!
And the rest of the afternoon was spent making these:
                                              

Yummy Chocolate Chip Cookies!  I use the old original Nestle Toll House cookie recipe but tweak it a little.  I bake them on my baking stone from Pampered Chef and they always turn out delicious and crispy.  These were dolled up to look like this:                        As a retired teacher, I know how much teachers appreciate the little things students and parents do for them so these will be for the grandson's teacher and parapro.  Hope they like them as much as I've liked nibbling!          I also made these for daycare friends:


I love EASTER and hope all of you have a very happy one.  Celebrate the day remembering all your blessings and especially the greatest blessing of all...Jesus Christ who died on the cross so that we could have eternal life.