Easter 2012

It was so nice to be able to relax and spend the weekend together at home as a family, just us.  We had no commitments or places we had to be at a particular time.  We are always laid back and really do not like to "have" to be anywhere at a particular time.  It is not that we do not like being with others and hanging out and visiting with family but it is nice to have one holiday to ourselves.

I woke up and got started on making some homemade baguettes, which, thanks to the Cooking Channel's, Kelsey's Essentials, the recipe turned out great!

I baked a brown sugar and pineapple ham.  I usually do this only at thanksgiving or Christmas as my contribution to the family get togethers but it was nice to have a peaceful morning doing it just for us.  I bake the ham and then combine the spice packet with crushed pineapple and once the ham is baked, I slice it and fan it out on cookie sheets and then glaze and bake again for about 20 minutes.  My trick to getting glaze on every piece :)  Since it was just us, I did that to just a few slices for us to eat.  I broke down the rest of the ham into bite size chunks, slices and bigger dices and froze them wrapped in freezer paper and then freezer bags for future meals.  No glaze on those so that it can be used for fried rice, soups, stir frys, beans or whatever needs hamming up haha!

We had simple sides of cornbread stuffing and corn.  Sandwiches for dinner with the bread and ham.

I forgot to take pics of the meal because my mom called on Skype to chat with her grandson :)  I miss her so much and it angers me when so many people take their parents for granted and not cherish them.  No one's childhood is perfect but if it weren't for our parents we would not be here to be complaining or griping about them.  She misses Nicholas so much and wants to come back for thanksgiving this year.  I pray it happens!  I can't wait for my dad to meet him too.  If it is in God's will, we will make a trip to Trinidad this year, maybe in the Fall :)

Nicholas had a great day being a bunny rabbit haha!

Then later, Paul's parents stopped by for a visit :)

It was a lovely day.  I am blessed to have such wonderful in-laws, they have adopted me as their daughter and I am grateful.

So, that was my weekend in a nutshell.  I hope everyone had a great one too and I look forward to all the other holidays and milestones ahead with my son and Paul.