Hello all.  We’re back from a fun, but lacking in sleep, trip to the Wisconsin Dells.  There was:

Surfing

surfing

Lazy rivering

Partying (Hulk say, “Drinks too small”)

And…sitting inside the waterpark watching Spongebob.

 But a good time was had by all.

Then of course the 9^th Avenue Egg Hunt:

Then, right on to Easter for 30 people at my house.  Yikes.

Main dishes were my standard roast salmon (see prior Easterpost) and glazed ham using The Pioneer Woman’s glaze with its secret ingredient:

This glaze is for you, Fake Sister.

Also made a wonderful Melon Salad with Prosciutto from NotWithout Salt

And the rest of the sides were asparagus, green salad, scalloped potatoes, lemon jello (even better when you eat it with your hands, says Baby D):

and of course, the spécialité de la maison – buttered noodles.

For dessert:  Lemon Cupcakes from The Alchemist with Fresh Blueberry Frosting from White on Rice Couple. I am not responsible for the use of the word “moist” in the recipe’s title.

Look at the rest of the cute desserts from the oh-so-talented Ellen Anderson

The boys and I tried to make dyed Rice Krispie easter eggs.  Essentially just use the Rice Krispie treat recipe, add food dye to the marshmallows when stirring. Note to file: in the future, do not try to make purple marshmallow krispie eggs unless you realllllly like gray food.  Do not blame Ellen for the gray eggs!

And the Easter drink this year was Pineapple Sangria from How Sweet It Is.

The Tables

For grown up table favors I went with the pretty blue and purple Mason jars as vases.

For grown up table #2, I busted out my napkin folding skills.

For the kids’ table, little Easter take out food boxes with Game of Thrones dragon eggs. Fine, they aren’t GoT but are called dinosaur eggs (with a tiny dinosaur inside) on Amazon. But the Mother of Dragons can dream, can’t she?

By the way, I accidentally went to TJ Maxx/Homegoods last week and bought pretty dishes. What?!  You never see twelve of anything at HomeGoods. It was a sign from above.  And when my sister went to her TJ Maxx/Homegoods to look for extra plates for me, she found the mirror she had been looking for. Divine intervention indeed.

Mother Nature again cooperated beautifully for the egg hunt.

Even the dyed eggs got dressed up.

And in the end, it was good day to relax. On a couch. In the yard.  Seriously, why won’t anyone on Craig’s List buy this couch. Best offer. Text me. Drummer boy not included.

Happy Easter everyone!