Easter 2018! We did it! We finally had the party that we have always wanted to throw! An adults-only Easter egg hunt and Bloody Mary bar! Years ago one of my best friends mentioned a party thrown every year in Mississippi where liquor minis are hidden all over a house and yard and adults hunt for these "eggs". My husband came home to Western Kansas for his spring break and we hid 90 minis all over our house. 25 people scrambled upstairs and downstairs hunting for them! 88 were found. The lady who won the hunt found 9 minis and she was awarded an Easter basket with a whole bottle of the local Boot Hill Distillery vodka donated by the distillery! We loved hiding treats all over the house and the gleeful smiles of the grownups who found them!

Easter 2016 - I have always truly loved Easter.  I think it goes back to my childhood when my parents would return from a spring banker's convention on the Mississippi Gulf Coast and bring a carload of Easter and pastel-color presents for me.  As an adult Paul and I have had Easter Bonnet Parties before. This year we had one in Dodge City. Here's the menu our friends enjoyed: cheesy hashbrown casserole, quiche Lorraine, vegetable quiche, bacon, cheese biscuits, no knead bread, sausage balls, smoked sausage and bell pepper hash, apple pie oatmeal muffins, grits, rice krispie treats, coconut macaroon nests with Cadbury eggs, granola and Greek yogurt trifle, strawberry, raspberry, blueberry and blackberry jellies that I served in Le Creuset fruit dishes, praline bread pudding (my first), Bloody Mary's, mimosas, decaf Roasterie coffee, salted caramel hot chocolate and an assortment of candies (jelly beans, Reese's eggs, candy crosses, mystery flavor Peeps).  We encouraged guests to wear silly Easter bonnets and some were hilarious. I was delighted with the foods and presents that were brought as hostess gifts: deconstructed deviled eggs, traditional deviled eggs, an orchid (!!), 5 bottles of wine/sparkling wine, assorted juices, and a fruit salad. Midwesterners are so generous and gracious!  It was a beautiful sunny day in Western Kansas, a perfect Easter with good people. 

Seder, 2016 - My first Seder!  When I found out St. Cornelius Church has a Seder every year I couldn't wait to go!  I've truly fallen in love with this church and I was happy to eat and participate!  I know very little about Jewish traditions so I was glad to be introduced to this holy and fun tradition. 

Easter Day, 2016 - Freyja's Baptism.
​Paul and I are crazy about the Kuplics.  They are a sweet couple with a very sweet daughter who was baptized at St. Cornelius Easter Day.