EASTER~

What a marvelous Easter! The first Bee and I have spent together; and spend it together we did. We woke up on Easter morning together at someone else's house. We were asked if we would babysit for them the night before until late. We did not feel like driving 30 minutes home afterward just to drive back that same direction in the morning for church so they said we could spend the night at their place. I love holidays with kids. Kids make any holiday worth while. It was fun to participating in setting up the house for the three kids late at night, then seeing their excitement the next morning as they discovered Easter Eggs and showed off their baskets of goodies.

Church was wonderful. I love the songs we sing on Easter. I teach the 12- and 13-year-old young men (Deacons Quorum) in my congregation and we talked about why we celebrate Easter- because of the triumphant Resurrection of our Savior Jesus Christ. These last few days I decided to read the last chapter or two of each of the gospels of the New Testament concerning the last few days of Christ's life and of his death and glorious resurrection. It was very beneficial. If you wish to do it, it is only 6 or 8 chapters; not very many at all. Even more enlightening was that Bee and I in our family scripture study are in the first part of 3 Nephi where the signs of Christ's death and of his resurrection are given to the ancient inhabitants of the Americas. Spiritually it was a very delightful Easter Day.

For dinner Bee and I made a delicious casserole I grew up with made with grated potato, onion, sour cream, cream of mushroom soup, and cheese. It is Delicious! We had it with some ham and green beans; need I say it again...Delish!

For a fun activity for the evening we decided to make Jello eggs. If you have never made Jello eggs it is very fun to do. I would say it is much more fun to make them than it is to have the product itself. I do not really see the need to have a Jello egg. Jello is just fine in a dish, but you can not make a Jello egg without having in the end...a Jello egg. So Bee and I went to work. I poked a small hole in one end of 4 eggs and a slightly larger hole in the opposite end. Bee and I blew the yokes out through the larger of the holes and then rinsed the eggs out before making the Jello. We decided to go with a two-tone egg, yellow then green. So we mixed the Jello and poured it into the eggs and put them in the fridge. After a while letting the yellow harden we mixed up the green and filled the eggs to the top and put them back in the fridge to harden over night. They did not turn out the best- they were a little to soft to keep their egg shape- but as I mentioned above, it is not the result, it is the process.

I hope your Easter was as wonderful as ours!