Lisa's Visit Part II: Easter

It was fun to have someone to celebrate Easter with this year! We did all the stuff we normally do, but with the Blaylocks. Lisa and I stuffed tons of eggs and maybe went a little overboard with the Easter basket presents, but at least it was fun! First we had church. It was a big day for me since I was playing the organ. I practiced the heck out of my songs. I even did a duet with the other pianist in the ward. Everything went great up until the last song, which we had prepared a key change and everything. There were too many speakers that took too long, so the bishop made the decision to cut the song short, which still makes me angry to this day if I think about it. But my bad for not communicating that we were planning that. Church was thankfully an hour long. Lisa hid the Easter baskets outside and the kids found them pretty quickly. After enjoying the baskets, it was time for the egg hunt! I scattered the eggs all over the yard. There weren't any special eggs since their easter baskets had plenty of special treats, but I did buy an off-brand Lego set of individual easter objects that I put into the eggs, along with Super Mario Bros. egg-shaped puzzles. The boys really liked the Lego sets especially. After the egg hunt we made and ate our Easter dinner while the kids obsessed over their goodies. I made rolls, funeral potatoes, a brussel sprout salad, caramelized pineapple, and deviled eggs. Erik smoked the ribs. It was all yummy. 

The kids lining up for the egg hunt

Get those eggs!

Elisa got the most eggs.

Checking out whats inside the eggs...

Gabe, forgetting how to smile for a picture

Enjoying the baskets outside

Lisa and I found these egg-cakes at the grocery store for an extra Easter basket item for each kid. 

Our Easter dinner!

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April 1st--almost done!

Before putting the vinyl verse on

I meant to have this done so I could hang it as Easter decor, but I didn't quite finish it in time between all the organ stuff and Lisa's visit. I officially finished on April 6th, but I included it in this post because it is meant for Easter. I bugged an acquaintance down the street to make me a vinyl cutout of the scripture verse. She charged me $5, totally worth it since I would never be able to paint letters that well, at least not without it taking another week. I like the way the painting turned out. This was my first time painting flowers.