A Lovely Easter.

I tried my hand at something new... bunny shaped orange rolls.

Yeah, they were good. 

So good I ate four (I had been doing pretty good on that diet thing until then).

 We made up some plates to share with friends, and kept the rejects for ourselves.

These are the not-so-bunny-ish rolls (the rejects):

I also wanted to try a new coconut cupcake recipe. Coconut screams Easter, don't you think?

They, too, were tasty, although I felt that they could have been more coconutty.

(Yes, I've had one - or two - of those as well.)

Saturday evening we colored eggs.

And made a big ol' mess.

 I saw this ingenious idea on Pinterest... using a large muffin tin vs. a million cups or bowls. The eggs weren't entirely submerged, but it was nothing a little egg rotating couldn't fix.

The girls concurred that it was brilliant.

Shi, Mar and I snapped some pictures after church on Sunday.

We went in the house to discover that Bill had come home while we were outside, so we snapped a couple pictures with him (he had already changed into jeans and we thought it might be cruel to require he change back into his suit).

Then we had a celebratory dinner.

Mar made the festive napkins.

We had the oh-so-traditional ham, cheesy potatoes, green bean casserole, asparagus, salad, and good old-fashioned jello with homemade whipped cream (we also had the do-you-know-what-they-make-jello-from? conversation at dinner). No carrot soup or fancy food this year.

Note: I started my diet again today... sort of. 

I've had a few peeps and jelly beans. Tomorrow I will try a little harder to be a little better.

 That is a big table for such a small crowd.

Mar demonstrated how her bunny napkins could also make awesome holiday party hats.

It was a lovely day spent with lovely people
pondering lovely teachings and singing lovely songs
about the One who showed the greatest love of all.
Love that.