Easter looked drastically different this year for our family. It was the first time in my life, or my kids' lives, that they haven't been to church on Easter Sunday. I'm usually doing music for all the Holy Week services too, which was also different this year. After our church services, we usually come back to our place with our parents and Tom and Sara for an amazing Easter brunch. Eric usually makes the perfect lamb or beef tenderloin and his trademark Eggs in a Basket, while I cover the egg and asparagus side and fruit salad. Patti usually brings cheesy hashbrowns; Mom brings the lamb cake. We eat and drink Mimosas and Bloody Marys and it's one of my favorite gatherings of the whole year. We didn't get to do that this year due to COVID. So, we did our best to make the best of it. The kids found their Easter baskets and the Easter eggs hidden in the yard the day before - today we got a huge snowstorm <insert eyeroll>... We had a delicious meal of quite a few of the favorites - ham, cheesy hashbrowns, the egg and asparagus side, beautiful sugar cookies the kids and I decorated, and a strawberry cream cheese pie. We facetimed with Mom and Dad and porch talked with Steve and Patti (the day prior due to the snow) and had a nice time together as a family. Here's to hoping that by next Easter we'll be able to be back together with our loved ones to celebrate Jesus' resurrections together.
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