easter

easter morning began at a lovely hour, 10am to be exact. i'm not sure how it is that we were able to sleep that long, but i'm glad we have 1 o'clock church or i would've been in trouble. i spent a ton of the morning preparing food, most of which i forgot to photograph for the cooking blog because i'm an idiot. our church service was really lovely, the choir sounded wonderful and i was even able to enjoy talks by two of my favorite ward members in between fussing with ethan. after church the smith's all gathered at our home as well as two of apey's sister lauren and emily who we love. every year lauren brings these fantastic marshmallow eggs that i'm not sure i will ever been skilled enough to make myself. the process starts with setting the egg shaped molds in flour, you lost me already! and seriously, that girl has some piping skills! yum. we enjoyed a wonderful dinner and time together and then of course the tradition egg hunt in our backyard. we waited a little too long so instead of harsh light for photographs like saturday, we didn't have quite enough light and almost every photo needs a little photoshop help. yuck. i also am kicking myself that i didn't get a photo of ethan's entire ensemble, i bought him his first suit and he looked so dang cute in it. the babies were more interested in "mowing" our lawn with ethan's little mower. but while they mowed, the little girls made out like bandits. i love holidays because they are this great excuse to get together and spend time as a family and that's really what it's all about right - family.

**do you have serious piping skills?

what are you traditional easter foods?**