We had a great Easter weekend. It started with a bang. Literally. Our oven blew up, yikes! I was so disappointed because I was looking forward to making our annual resurrection rolls and beginning a new tradition with a bunny cake. Sigh.
However, Resurrection Rolls were to be made. At school. In Tilly's class. I felt like the Lord was winking at me. You know how he does that? Then, my sweet co-worker blessed our family with the items needed for our bunny cake. She even made the two round cakes for us to use!
So, we had our bunny cake after all, thanks to the thoughtfulness of a sweet friend.
David was out of town the couple of days leading up to Easter, so the children and I had the most fun decorating our bunny cake.
Oh, they were so excited!
And he turned out really cute, too! Thursday after decorating our cake, Carter had a baseball game, so we all went. That night, David made it back into town just hours before his parents pulled into our driveway as well. It was a treat to have Papa and Gigi with us for Easter. They had not been to visit for quite some time, so the children were beside themselves with joy and excitement!
Good Friday morning, we didn't have school, and since Papa and Gigi were here I got to go with David to the annual FCA breakfast. It was such a treat. The speaker was Jennie Finch, a famous softball player and lover of Jesus. She was such a great speaker!
David wanted to plant the trees while his dad was in town hoping that this will be something the children will remember in the years to come.
They all worked together and planted the trees.
Carter even helped to dig the hole.
Total, we were able to plant five trees. Word is that deer love persimmons, so maybe we will increase our chances of getting some deer real soon!
Meanwhile, Gigi and I headed to the salon to get our fingernails painted and went out to lunch for sushi. We got a gel manicure, which was a first for both of us. I'm typing this blog a week later, and my nails are still looking great! I'm a believer in the gel manicures, ha!
We also ran to the mall to get a few treats for the children. We got Story a pair of pretend glasses. She loves them!
I also picked up their goodies for their baskets.
Sunday morning before church, I snapped some pictures of the children in their pretty clothes.
David with the children on Easter Sunday.
Carter, age 7.
These two. Oh, how they love each other!
Tilly, age 5.
The big 3 as I call them!
Summer, age 6.
Story, age 3. Also, over the picture-taking!
After church we snapped a few quick pictures with Papa and Gigi.
Take 2 or maybe 10, ha!
I wanted to make sure I got a picture with my little loves, too.
Sunday morning, the children's choir sang in big church. It was so sweet!
Sunday afternoon, David and I got to head to New Orleans for the night, what a treat!
We opted to fore go lunch and head on to the city. With it being Easter Sunday, so many places were closed.
We ended up at Byblos on Magazine Street for some Mediterranean food. It was delicious!
And just down the street, we enjoyed our first sno-ball of the season.
So delicious! After our trek down Magazine, we headed over to check into our hotel before wandering into the French Quarter. We stumbled onto a parade in the quarter that was something to behold, wow!
For supper we headed to the Chartres House, so good!
We had shrimp remoulade as an appetizer, and for supper I had a craw fish poboy, and David enjoyed red beans and rice.
For dessert, we enjoyed some beignets from Cafe du Monde. You can't come to the Big Easy without stopping for a beignet. We went to bed really early and enjoyed 10 uninterrupted hours of sleep! That has not happened in over a year! Glorious! Thank you, Papa and Gigi for the gift of a night away in one of our favorite places.
Happy Easter!
