First Easter In Our New Home

For the first time we are hosting Easter at our house! Both of my parents have decided to be in Greenville packing up my little brother Christian as he is graduating in just a few weeks!!  Traditional it is at my folks house but since that didn't look like that was an option, we invited everyone else to our house! 
One thing I love about out place is that we actually have enough room to host our friends and family; it really has been a big blessing to have that space to make those memories! 

After a beautiful church service celebrating and singing our heart out, everyone joined us  at our house for some fellowship and banana cream pie.  Although the sun was shinning we determined it was still a little too chilly to eat on the porch so we ate inside. Grandma made ham and we got to use our electric knife (from our wedding) for the first time! 
After lunch Marcus and I played Summer and Jenny (two of my sisters) in one of Jenny's newer games - Ticket to Ride. We both really like it! We all played while consuming hot chocolate with homemade whipped cream and Starburst Jellybeans ( One of my favorite things about Easter are the Jellybeans). Jenny ended up being the final winner! 

All in all It was a good happy Easter!
 

Spring is here!

Minnesota is finally starting to thaw and very much like the buds on the trees Minnesotans are coming out of their homes to enjoy the beautiful weather.

Growing up my grandma gertie lived in this small one bedroom where her daily goal was to absorb as much sun as humanly possible. When we were at her house in the summers she would have us kids paint all the rocks in the yard a different color each year. I remember spending what felt like hours painting these giant rocks lining her yard.

Now years later, Marcus and I are living in the same house and I am still having to move these giant rocks. To make way for my raspberry bushes, I spent a couple hours of my sunny Saturday wheeling these paint chipped rocks out of the way.
Although those rocks are a burden to move, it makes me think of my grandma sitting in the yard cutting the grass with her scissors while we would paint the rocks; it makes me happy Minnesota spring finally decided to stay.