Easter Finery

Easter, as I may have mentioned before, is my favorite holiday.  In an unheard of move I had every one's clothing pressed and ready to go the Tuesday before Easter.  I knew time management would be important in order to attend the rehearsal of the cantata my sister was directing (and in which my mom had a solo and my brother and niece were also taking part) an hour away.

My mom singing a solo!

My awesome sister, Mollie, and my marvelous mother.  They heart choir.

I also had the privilege of making 96 cinnamon rolls (Pioneer Woman's delicious recipe!) for our Easter breakfast at church.  I made up the dough on Friday and baked them fresh Easter morn.  I was on potatoes for Easter dinner at my mom's and I took them in a crock pot to the cantata rehearsal for mom to plug in that morning.  When I got home Saturday afternoon, we had to make a couple stops one of which was to replace our Resurrection Eggs which I had apparently put in a very safe place last Spring, we made up 60 or so hot cross buns for Easter dinner as well.  All our planning paid off and we were out the door and to our destination on time!  Hooray!

Before breakfast at Harvest Baptist Church

Our Easter celebrations all went swimmingly.  We left home at 8 AM and returned back again at 8 PM.  We must have overdone it a bit as everyone was sick all last week.  So that is why it has taken so long to share a photo of our family all spit and polished!  Every year we put on all of our finery and then escort our young children to eat breakfast at church.  They did very well at keeping themselves clean!  At my mom's all are required to remain dressed up for dinner.  I was surprised to find that the boys kept their ivory sweater vests free from blemish!  The kids ate in the basement so the chances are the only thing they actually ate down there was the contents of their name card basket.  I choose not to care!

The traditional Easter photo on Mom's deck.

As ever, Mom had a beautifully set table.  The name cards were delicious chocolate truffles with white chocolate flowers on a dipped pretzel stem.  The bunny napkins were adorable.  I admired the fabric so much I came home with many napkins that you may see here in the future made into a quilt.