Easter

I realize I'm back tracking with this post but I don't want to miss it because I have become horrible at taking pictures of Karl & I and things we do and I finally did ANNND because this is our first married Easter together so WHYY not talk about it?!?  This was the first holiday that involved a large meal and Karl & I not being with additional family and let me tell you, it was kind of rough, as in boring.  There is nobody I would rather be with than Karl but cooking for like 5 hours, sitting down at the table with one other person and eating for 20 minutes, then cleaning up your mess for an hour is kind of overrated.  Maybe it is even if there are 30 people involved and I just never knew it because I've never had to cook before?  Or clean up afterward?  I'm not sure.  BUT I missed my cousins and Gammy and Pa and my parents, sisters, aunts, & uncles.  Since the Easter meal doesn't normally involve as much hoopla as Thanksgiving & Christmas, I was glad this was our first trial run as far as holidays with just the two of us go... if we ever have to do Thanksgiving or Christmas meals just the two of us it will A) be MUCH more rough B) I will know what to expect C) we will probably eat out... whoops.  We just need a dog.  Or somebody else's baby to play with when we are bored.  I mean, is it normal for newlyweds/couples without pets or children to be this bored?  Like have nothing to do.  OK so far this sounds like we had a horrible day.  Not true at all: the food was great!  It was seriously so fun to spend all afternoon cooking with Karl and having quality time with just him.  I now have a serious appreciation for my Aunt Sally that makes green bean bundles for every family meal.  They took forever to make and I do not have the patience for that kind of tedious cooking and prep annnnnd mine were not as good as hers are.
    amateur cook lesson: 1) use thinly cut bacon for green bundles and ask Aunt Sally what her secret is before you waste your time again 2) as good as the The Honey Baked Ham Co. hams are that Gammy buys, my Bi-Lo ham + glaze were adequate (I, not kidding, had plans to drive an hour to Columbia to the THBHCo. store. 3) not having enough poppy seed for strawberry poppy seed salad did matter. ew.


Onto other Easter related news/thoughts... I loved getting to worship next to Karl on Easter Sunday.  Sometimes I think my thoughts related to Karl are similar to what my thoughts about my kids will be... for example, ever since saying "i do," I find myself doubly thankful for the cross- praise Him for Karl's salvation and for the eternity that Karl has waiting for him.  (In other child-like thoughts, I worry so so so much about Karl when he drives to work early or late or runs errands or when I go out of town and he has to fend for himself... I mean, is he my 16 year old son or my husband?).  I mean WHAT ON EARTH would it feel like to be unsure of Karl's eternity or to know that we wouldn't spend our eternity in the same place?  I mean, if I think I'm neurotic now... geeze, y'all would have to commit me.

Dear Cookie (this is what Karl calls my mom) Easter Bunny, thank you for sending us Easter goodies.  I know you had to hop an awfully long way to South Carolina to get us some fun things like new Rainbows and K's new swim trunks & the bubble bath he is obsessed with.  I bet you didn't know you got him bubble bath.  Sorry, you did.  Sorry if that's a weird thing for you to get him...

annnnd welcome to the world where you can never get a good picture because your husband is a baby sensitive when it comes to sunlight + pictures.  squinty galore.

Please look at the purple egg with the tree.  Callie has always tried to one-up my sisters and I when it comes to eggs (and other projects that make us look bad... like sending our grandmothers nice things) so I thought I escaped that when I married Karl.  No.  He hand painted a pretty tree on his egg.  Obviously.

 Happy to continue to bask in the wonderful gift of Jesus Christ and praying the "high" of Easter continues to tug on the hearts of those unsaved that may have celebrated Easter a couple of weeks ago. 
 "⁵ The angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. ⁶ He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay. ⁷ Then go quickly and tell his disciples: ‘He has risen from the dead and is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him.’ Now I have told you.”- Matthew 28:5-7


Hannah K.C. Burton