Easter Sunday : A Recipe

Easter Sunday was a beautiful day around our house.  It seemed as if all the flowers in our little back yard were popping.  Even the grass behind our house was filled with bright yellow dandelions.

Grant had fun following the string I had strung throughout our house and back yard to find his Easter basket at the end, inside the TV armoire.  Our boys wore matching khaki pants, white shirts and green & navy ties.  We never got a picture of Brett (he must have been napping), so we will have to dress him up again. 

We had our family traditional breakfast of Creamed Eggs.  We started having this for Easter a few years ago.  It was something my mom would make when I was growing up and all of us kids loved it.  Very simple, very yummy.

Church was filled with beautiful music and thoughtful Easter messages about our Savior.  The sweetest was when Grant came out of his nursery class with a little paper cut out of Jesus and a tomb.  We were walking down the hall to go get Keith and somewhere along the way Grant's little picture of Jesus fell and was lost.  He was devastated.  Luckily his teacher was still at the class room and she had extra.  So when we got home and I was getting things done, I noticed Grant sitting by his room with his little cut-outs from nursery and he was talking to himself.  So I sat down by him and he went on to tell me, in his little 3 year old way, all about how Jesus died and then was put behind a rock and then after 3 days he was all better.  It was such a sweet moment.  I was so proud of him.   

Then we went to my brother's house for our Easter feast.  We ate outside at a long table in the grass.  We had traditional ham, funeral potatoes, salads, jello, rolls, and green beans.  I made mini lemon cupcakes to go along with a custard pie that we enjoyed for dessert.  We had an Easter egg hunt for the kids after dinner.  We even hid baskets for the "older adults" (our parents) that were there.  I was so busy that night that I didn't take any pictures, but hopefully I'll get some copies of my cousin's pictures.

Creamed Eggs
Put 6 eggs in water and boil for 10 minutes.  Let them sit in hot water while you make the white sauce.
White sauce:  melt 4 TBS butter in pan.  Remove from heat and blend in 4 TBS flour, 1 tsp salt, and 1/4 tsp pepper.  Stir until butter is soaked up by flour.  Slowly add 2 cups of milk, stirring constantly to avoid lumps.  Return to stove and cook on med/low heat until mixture is thick, stirring constantly.
Peel eggs and slice them.  Then add eggs to white sauce.  Pour over toast pieces.  (About 1-2 slices of toast per person, torn into pieces, works well).