Easter Bliss

Although we were bummed to be away from family for Easter, we did have a nice relaxing weekend here in Louisville.  On Easter morning, the girls woke up bright and early to see what the Easter bunny left them.  Rose thought it was hilarious that the Easter bunny put her basket in the dishwasher.

I think every Christian church across America sings the song 'Jesus Christ is risen today, A....lle...lu....ia!'  on Easter Sunday, but isn't it really the perfect song to sum up the meaning of the day?!  We of course sang this beautiful song at mass on Easter morning at a parish downtown called St. Louis Bertrand.  It has been our Easter tradition ever since we moved to Louisville to go there on Easter Sunday.  It is a beautiful church with wonderful Dominican priests, but is hard with children because there isn't a cry-room and everything echoes!  And mass on Easter morning was one where we definitely could have used a cry room!  Mass seemed more like a wrestling match...4 against 2.  I think they won!

After we got home and got some food in our bellies, we sent the girls on an egg hunt in the front yard.  Instead of adding to their already present sugar high, we filled the eggs with coins...like my grandparents used to do for us when I was a little girl.  They were really lucky if they found a dollar in their egg!

We enjoyed the afternoon in the beautiful sunshine...

...then I brought the girls inside to make Resurrection rolls.  They basically consist of crescent rolls (to represent the cloth they wrapped Jesus' body in), marshmallows (to represent Jesus), butter (to represent the oils of embalming) , and a cinnamon/sugar mixture (to represent the spices used to anoint his body).  After you coat the marshmallow and wrap it in the crescent roll, you bake them and the marshmallow melts, symbolizing the empty tomb after Jesus rose from the dead.  They are super simple, delicious, and help explain the concept of the resurrection.  The girls LOVED them!

We finished the day with a nice family Easter meal of ham, pork tenderloin, cheesy potatoes, green bean casseroles, Resurrection rolls, cantaloupe, golden Easter punch, and peep smores and homemade Reese eggs for dessert!  So much food, but so delicious!

Hope all of you had a blessed Easter!  We miss you all!

Hugs!