April Fools

Thinking back to this week-end, we had a very nice visit with our Son and Grandson.  Arrived late Friday night, visited, presented our Grandson his birthday gifts and Easter Bucket.  Our Son wasn't expecting the things we brought him that belonged to his Grandpa that passed away in February.    

THINK he liked his new treasures.

A hat, pocket knife and watch.  A packet of childhood pictures that belonged to his Grandparents.

It's been a year since we were in Saint Louis.  Hard to believe.  The year was busy and so much happened during this time.  Good to see our Son and Grand.  Easter in Saint Louis.
  

Grandson stayed up to see us before going to bed.  Hugs.

Then we watched the movie, SULLY.  Liked it.  

Could watch it again and might later on.

Slept so well...it's been a long time since I slept this well.  Our Son wanted us to watch Al Gore's movie,  An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power.  Just so happened to be Mr. Gore's 70th birthday that we watched this interesting documentary.  My Son is very concerned about the environment as he thinks we are to be good stewards of what we live on, the earth.  

MADE FOR INTERESTING CONVERSATIONS.

  

RESURRECTION SUNDAY and rainy outside.  I asked my Grandson about this day and he said that Jesus rose from the grave.  I asked him who Jesus was and he told me that he was the Son of God.  Very matter of factly.  I chimed in with 'He was the only BEGOTTEN Son of God.'

  

LORD JESUS, LAMB OF GOD, 

Savior of the world, 

our Hope.

HE is risen.  He is risen INDEED.

Thank you for being LORD.

You did the work on the cross, buried in a borrowed tomb, three days later you rose from the dead.

Because of HIM I can face tomorrow.

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We had a pleasant morning.

Early in the morning, I pulled the Key Lime Pie 

out of the freezer to thaw in the fridge.

Spiral Ham placed into the crock pot, 

glaze made and poured over the Ham.  

Slow cooked for 4 hours.

Set the table with red dishes.

Worked on boiled eggs next.  

A dozen eggs in deep pan and filled with an inch of water over the tops of the eggs.  Brought water to a boil and then took pan off the heat.  

Placed the lid on and let the eggs sit for 12 minutes.

Poured the water off the eggs 

and covered eggs with cold water.

Tried to peel the eggs.  They were a mess to peel.

Whipped the egg filling up.

Fixed the Green bean Casserole, 

Buttery Corn and Yams with Pecans.

Instant Potatoes and Gravy.

Dinner rolls heated.

Brewed Tea.

All came together.

Kept the meal simple.

After the dishes were done, we hid easter eggs.

Packed and left for HOME.

We had a pleasant stay.  Short, but sweet.

I'll rest up a bit this week then return to doing laundry, 

paperwork and such.

Kept the Easter meal simple 

due to being away from HOME.

It was just fine.

~A SIMPLE MEAL~

All store bought.

Semi-Homemade meal.

SIMPLE MEAL made on the spot.

A sugar-free Easter treat for my Hubby.

Easy peasy to put together and I need easy these days.

How was your week-end?

Mine was pretty good.

NATURE SHOWED US A THING OR TWO.  With Easter being on April Fool's Day, I forgot about being fooled.  SPRING disappeared as we drove HOME Sunday afternoon after a nice Easter Dinner.  We cleaned up, said our goodbyes and started HOME.  It started to spit rain and sleet.  Oops.  Took us by surprise.

The rain turned into light snow making the roads slick.  A car here and there in the ditch.  We continued HOME driving very slow bumper to bumper in some places.  More vehicles.  Tense.  By the time we arrived HOME we saw 37 vehicles in the ditches.  This is the most I have ever seen in my life traveling.  

I was so thankful to get close to Topeka as the traffic let up as well as the slick roads.

Today, I took the day easy by sorting through papers.  Made progress.  Hope to continue sorting through the next bag of papers and maybe doing a load or two of laundry.  Middle of the week, already.  

Making HOME a priority,
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