Thanksgiving at Home

If you've been reading this blog for awhile you know that we normally have all our family celebrations around the holidays, then we make sure to have our own personal family time celebrating. I guess I forgot to post our family Thanksgiving, so here it is in all it's humble glory. Apparently Evin didn't get the memo to wear pants to dinner, sorry.

Easter 2013

I love the reason we celebrate Easter.
Death could not keep it's prey, Jesus my Savior.
Although it's so easy to get carried away with the festivities and forget the real significance, I do think it's a time to dress up, make beautiful things, enjoy family, and share joy with each other. All the while keeping the important things important. I want my children to grow up looking forward to family traditions, and knowing exactly why they are there. Like the feasts in the bible.

Evin's favorite food at the moment is eggs, so you can imagine his delight when we told him to find pretty colorful eggs out in the yard. He thought it was just the greatest thing ever.  We eat pretty healthy around here, so Evin hasn't ever had candy (to my knowledge), so he was pretty content with his raisins he got, but I'm not sure what we'll do next year. And ah! I just love dressing little boys up! Yes, I'm looking forward to little dresses at some point, but I'm enjoying what I have at the moment.

We had our traditional lamb dinner, but Tim grilled it this year, yummm! And I made my favorite lemonade bars, which I could eat pretty much every day if I let myself. I'm more of a tart and or creamy dessert type girl, vs. too sweet. And there's something about cooking in a little Anthropologie apron that makes everything taste better.
We were going to do our 'official' Spring family picture but my weather app says a typhoon is coming tonight so I guess we'll have to hold off for a few more days. Speaking of which, I'd better go check our basement and make sure everything is off the floor. Hope you enjoy our little family fun.


  

Easter DIY - Bunny Napkin

Some more fun Easter inspiration for you.

I just love this little bunny napkin fold!
It would have worked a little better with some starch, but ain't nobody got time for that. 

And here's our traditional lamb dinner. Sorry I don't have the recipe, I just make up my own variation every year.
Ok, will you all comment and answer something for me? I've been eating lamb for Easter for as long as I can remember, and every time I mention lamb to my friends most of them say they've never even tried lamb, ever. And I'm socked every time. Have you had lamb before? Do you have it for Easter? 

Our Little Thanksgiving '12

Wow, I meant to post this a long time ago!

We try to have our own holiday celebrations as a little family, even if we already celebrated with the fam. Tim and I like starting/making traditions for our family to keep.
I promise some pictures of Evin will be coming!

First Dinner at the New House

People keep asking me if we're settled into our new house yet. I keep thinking, ehhh no not really, I felt like we've been traveling so much I haven't really been at home yet. But the last three weeks we've been here, for the most part, and I think I finally feel 'at home'. Of course they say, and I concur that it takes about a year to get truly 'settle in'. But anyways, here are a few pictures of our first 'real' dinner at home.

Of course everything feels a little more like home when you break out our favorite dessert. Creme Brulee!