Easter!

I mentioned in a previous post that my parents are coming to visit for Easter. I’m really excited for them to come. We haven’t had any visitors since November! People quit coming to visit us once it got cold. haha. Anyway, I thought last Easter would likely be the last Easter I got to spend with my family since it’s not a holiday we would home for. I thought Josh and I would just go to Church and maybe I would make a special meal or something. This will be the first holiday we get to celebrate in our apartment with our family! Unfortunately my sister has to work and won’t be able to make it. My dad, niece, mom and her boyfriend will be coming. (Yes, my family still celebrates holidays together even though my parents are divorced. A little weird I guess, but I’m still thankful for it.)

My parents are planning on leaving tomorrow after work. That way they will be here all day Friday & Saturday :-) It’s supposed to rain both days though :-/  We’re going to do the Easter egg hunt for Natalia and dinner on Saturday so my everyone can get home at a decent time on Sunday. I’m still scrambling to get a menu together (we haven’t been planning this very long). Here is a tentative menu:

Ham

Potato Salad OR Twice Baked Potatoes

Grilled Asparagus

Carrots (not sure if I’m going to go sweet or savory with these yet)

Sweet Potato Biscuits

Baked Macaroni & Cheese

For dessert I’m pretty sure I’m going to go with banana pudding. YUM!

We may do a second dessert...maybe something chocolate...I’m not sure yet.

Maybe we can make Easter at our place a tradition :-)

I’m also very excited because Bailey will be coming home! She had her 8 week checkup today. She weighs just over 11 lbs. She is doing well...almost all of her worms are gone. She’s doing better in the car and on the leash. She does pretty well with whining to go out to potty. My dad doesn’t have any carpet and we have almost all carpet...I’m curious to see how she reacts to it. Hopefully it won’t matter. I’m mostly worried about the crate. She doesn’t like for her door to be shut on her crate at all. My dad lets her sleep on a pillow beside her bed and she has accidents during the nights sometimes. That isn’t an option in our house, she will have to learn to sleep in her crate...with the door shut. Hopefully we won’t lose more than a few nights of sleep over this. :-/

I’m still waiting on nail clippers and her name tag to come in (I ordered them online). Other than that, we have everything we need. We just need to put away a few things that are not puppy friendly and we’re good to go.