To me nothing quite says spring like warm weather, baseball, green grass and Easter. Luckily this week we got to experience all four!
I have been kept busy this week trying to get a good nice walk in every morning among a number of things. The good nice kind of walk that makes you sweat, put a catch in your side, makes the gnats swarm because you smell so bad. The kind that can knock off some major baby belly! I also waited until the last minute to finish Benjamin’s Bunny Bowling that we are sending him for Easter... surprise, surprise! I am not quite sure what he will do with the very dense bunnies. I can easily see them being turned into weapons or even the softball for that matter, but that is for mommy Rachel to deal with. Our job as Auntie and Uncle is just to spoil him right and send him surprises in the mail!
In anticipation for our very elegant Easter dinner I have been trying to prepare a menu. In past years Easter has been a completely exhausting day with early mornings and services that need serving. With that in mind and still wanting to spend time with our loved ones we have invented...drumroll please...BYOM. Go ahead and try to figure out what that could stand for- Brighten Your Own Meal or maybe Beautiful Yams Over Macaroons...not here, BYOM stands for Bring Your Own Meat (said in your most redneck accent). It really seems to work for us, our friends bring their own meat for Jay to grill and we provide the sides and dessert. Now, I have had some time late at night to peruse the web looking for yummy recipe ideas. And what better site can I find than The Pioneer Woman. The site has great ideas, comical stories and beautiful photos that seem to really entertain me late at night. I understand that even if I follow every recipe to every detail my food will still not turn out as delicious looking as hers (just like bunnies pictured above). Below you can find at least what I am aiming for: a yummy yet simple layered salad, some doctored up mashed potatoes, and roasted carrots. Dessert is still undetermined and I really should come up with another side seeing how my lovely husband is allergic to two of my selections thus far. Anyways, I will give it my best go and I am sure everyone will have a fine time. It can not be any worse than the year that we had cornish hens, they did not completely cook, we served them bloody and I walked around the table demanding everyone throw their Easter dinner in the trash. True story. Really. Don’t you want to come over for Easter dinner at the Hess House! Ahhh, Easter memories!
As for the baseball and grass as mentioned prior, we will not be getting to experience baseball for a little while longer...sigh, and as for that grass, Jay still thinks that the mower is still too heavy and difficult for me to push...teeheehee!
-melissa