"Hippity Hoppity..."

Easter day was fun-filled for sure!

We enjoyed an amazing service by Pastor Stovall at our church, Celebration. After church we came home to bake up some goodies for Easter dinner. 

Chuck made his first homemade Apple pie, crust and all.

Before...

After...

Does that picture not make your mouth water? Well, let's just say that it not only looked amazing but there was not ONE slice left -- it was that delicious! Sadly Dear Readers, this recipe is in his head so let me know if you want the recipe and then I can send it to you.

Next on the baking list, I made a cute little 'Peep Sunflower Chocolate Cake'. This picture does NOT do it justice since I was only able to capture a picture with my iPhone, and then I put it on Instagram (follow me at @Allykat13).

After baking pies and cakes, I made my Grandma Sidbury recipe for homemade Sweet Potato Casserole which is a huge hit during the holidays. Sadly I don't have a picture of the beautiful crunchy topping and sweet potato layers. But don't fret Dear Readers, I will share the recipe with you below...

Sweet Potato Crunch

6 cups of cooked sweet potatoes

1 1/4 cup of sugar

1 tsp. salt

4 eggs, beaten

1/2 stick of oleo (butter), melted

1 cup of condensed milk

1 tsp. of Vanilla Extract

Mash the potatoes, and the combine all ingredients. Place in a 13 x 9 baking dish.

Topping:

1 1/2 cups of brown sugar

1/2 cup flour

1 1/2 cups of Special K cereal, crushed

1/2 cup of oleo (butter), melted

Combine all the topping ingredients. Pour over sweet potato mixture. Bake at 350 degrees for 35 minutes. Enjoy!

After hours of baking we were off to my dads for Easter dinner with the family. Shortly after arriving we had a visitor stop by...

The kids were in awe over this big, fluffy Easter bunny that walked through the door. But the little ones were not quite sure about this 'Easter Bunny thing'. Ha!

But finally warmed up to the Easter Bunny with smiles and hugs...

 

Even the adults gave the Easter Bunny hugs...

What a fun visit from the Easter Bunny! Next finishing up getting ready for Easter dinner. Oh boy, was it a feast! 

ʻOhana means family...

 Easter egg hunt time! First off the little ones.

The 'Golden Egg'...

Next up were the bigger kids egg hunt...

Their Easter findings...

We had such a great time with family and friends but truly missed those who were not there with us. 

Hope you all had a Happy Easter filled with fun, food, family and many blessings...

"Happy Easter..."

Hippity hoppity...the Easter Bunny is here!

Happy Easter! We had a beautiful, energy filled service at church this morning...

That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

John 3:15

Now off to bake a chocolate cake, homemade apple pie and sweet potato casserole for our Easter dinner with family this evening. 

Hope you all have a blessed day!

 

"Wordless Wednesday -- Boys will be boys..."

 

 This is the look of one VERY hurt and unhappy teenage boy. While skateboarding last night he fell and kissed the pavement pretty good. So off to the Orthopedic surgeon we go...

He just wanted to get out of dish duty...ha!

"Paying it forward..."

Loressa over at Life's Curious Wisdom... made my day by posting on her blog that my little blog Two Infinity & Beyond was the most visited on her Finally Friday Blog Hop. Also, it REALLY made my day with the kind things she said about my blog and my little family. 

She has really helped and inspired me to connect with other blogger mamas out there which if you are a blogger mama you know for a fact that your blogging is good for the soul. Connecting. inspiration. sharing. learning. lending advice. showing love and compassion. 

Please take a moment to stop by her blog and join in on the "Finally Friday Blog Hop" to connect with other blogger mamas like yourself. Happy hopping!

Happy Monday!

 

"The simple things..."

The simple things:

Playing dress up with my daughter, Payton. This dress my grandmother made for me when I was Payton's age for a special Easter Sunday event. She was so excited to wear it after hearing the story behind this beautiful white dress I wore at her age. Up until a year ago I haven't seen this dress since I wore it when I was 6 years old but when my mom passed away last year I came across it and brought it home for Payton. This was the first time that I've pulled it out of the closet since last year. But this day was the perfect day to play dress up and we had so much fun -- even more so taking these pictures since she LOVES to pose for pictures.

 She looks like an Angel...