April 7 & 8, 2012

Saturday 7~~~~Today we didn't do much, we stayed home and watched TV and read. I got quite a bit of embroidery done on the pillow slip. I called some of the kids today as they might be busy tomorrow, I sure do miss them, especially on the holidays. We went into town and ate an early dinner before going to Church. Mass started at 7 PM and it lasted until after 9 PM. We are having a pot luck dinner at the club house tomorrow at noon. I am baking my sweet potato dish in the morning. Sunday 8~~~~~Today is Easter Sunday and it feels like just another Sunday with no family to come over or no Easter egg hunt to go to. I think Grandma has more fun with the egg hunt than the little ones do. We only have Bodie and Blaize who hunt the eggs now, and only Blaize who believes in the bunny, it is still a lot of fun. I bought 8 pounds of sweet potatoes to fix for our pot luck, I peeled and steamed them, cut them up and made a topping of butter, brown sugar, orange juice and marshmallows. Then I baked them in the oven until the topping carmeled over the potatoes, I made a 9 x 13 casserole filled to the top and there was only a small dish full left over. There were several hams, mashed potatoes a lot of salads and desserts and about 70 people there to eat all the food, we had a very nice time because we sat with our friends Cyndi and Howie and we played our board game (fast track) that evening. It was just different not having our families with us.