Growing up, my family’s tradition for Easter was to get up before the rooster crowed and head to church with all of our best potluck brunch items kept warm in crock pots. We would have a sunrise service, literally in the dark as the sun arose. Then we enjoyed a huge brunch with our church… [continue reading]
Jesus: His Life series finale
Just in time for Easter, the series finale of “Jesus: His Life” airs Monday, April 15 on The History Channel. This is a sponsored post written by me. All opinions are my own. My life verse: “A merry heart doeth good like a medicine, but a broken spirit drieth the bones.” Proverbs 17:22. This is… [continue reading]
Strawberry Pretzel Salad
Strawberry Pretzel Salad is a tradition at our house! Jason’s grandma Delores introduced me to this dish. She served it every Easter. I am not a huge fan of Jello ordinarily so I didn’t expect to like it all that well, but I loved it. In fact Grandma served it as part of the meal,… [continue reading]
Our Easter
Most of our meaningful conversations seem to happen over meals. Over lunch one of the girls was telling me all about how she is going to celebrate Easter with her family when she grows up. It all sounded very exciting full of egg hunts, scavenger hunts, and fun activities. I listened quietly to her whole… [continue reading]
Easter 2012
You think any of them will remember that I was there? Last Easter we had a tummy bug and had to postpone our meal. Sickness once again fell upon our household, but I was well thankfully! I stayed home from church with my two oldest girls and the baby. I was glad we had listened… [continue reading]
Our Belated Easter Dinner
Last week I finally got around to making our traditional Easter meal. Since so many of us were sick Easter weekend, it didn’t get done. The kids were so upset, I promised that I’d make it on another night. They have been reminding me often! This year we ate by candlelight. We found these neat… [continue reading]
Easter Morning Resurrection Rolls
This last week has been one of sickness at our house. Beginning on Tuesday when the stomach flu began. By yesterday afternoon I still had kids throwing up so Jason and I decided to keep our family home this morning. When I told Faith, my oldest, that we were all too sick for me to… [continue reading]