That's a picture of my dad taken yesterday--Easter.
Let me just say that while there are many things associated with Easter--some spiritual, some commercial--one of my favorite things about Easter is that it is the traditional first day for potato salad and baked beans each year in the gardens. Yesterday was no exception. We prepared massive quantities of each along with a spiral sliced glazed ham, steamed spring vegetables, and of course, several dozen of the best ever homemade rolls. And to top it all off, all of the family came for dinner--even the wee one who has been so sick came and looked so much better. The meal was a delight, watching the kids joke and talk and eat and enjoy and also watching the grandbabies enjoying all of the tasties at the table. This meal and all it entailed were my favorite parts of Easter this year.
A few weeks ago, I got this hair-brained idea that it would be good to get together with the Jack side of the family and the Gilian side of the family each month for treats. I put together yet another fabulous invitation for each side of the family and mailed them out. Last night was the first get together for the Gilian side of the family. Most of the invitees attended, with the exception of some who had to work, some who had to spend time with their other family, and some who were ailing. It seemed that everyone enjoyed the evening together, which included the cake that Jake Jr selected from the assorted cake options at Costco. I probably would have chosen the cake with the white frosting and balloons and rainbows and sunshine, but he picked out the chocolate with the chocolate swirls and the chocolate roses, which drew the same reaction from every adult woman we passed at Costco that day, i.e., "Oh my, what a beautiful cake!!!" (yes they did use three exclamation marks) Jr was quite proud of his choice. And I have to say that it was as yummy as it was lovely.
The grandbabies in their matching Easter dresses--
And just for fun, a shot of the drummer eating a roll before dinner...
1 comment:
sounds like a lovely, lovely day.
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