...just so ya know....

This was the first Easter in our life
that we didn't have family around us

for that infamous EASTER HAM DINNER....boo hoo

We both are no longer contagious but still have

heads the size of washtubs with the colds...
.and coughing our heads off.

Family is close....very close....and for that we are thankful.

we'll have a good family dinner as soon as we can.

♥ ♥

Even tho we couldn't have family over,

Mr. Sweet and I were well enuf that we were hungry for the first time

in a couple weeks..

We've been living on salads, soups and....water.

SOOOO

 OUR EASTER MORNING BREAKFAST.

(about 10:00, so maybe it was Brunch)

it surely was good...

Sausage Cheese Frittata 

with fresh Cilantro...
(you might remember that the fried sausage idea came from Mr. Sweet)
and he was right...
that sausage added tons of flavor to this Frittata
♥

Orange Cinnamon Rolls

that we love to the moon and back...
Xtra good, coming out of the oven all warm and fragrant and soft
and the orange icing just melting on them and running down onto the plate..
O HONEY
♥

...little baby fresh orange wedges.

a very delicious breakfast and,

for the first time in awhile, our tasters were back and this Easter breakfast made us feel really grateful to be getting well.

two pretty bunches of lilies that should open in the next few days..
( OOO...I caught the BLUE HOUR out the patio doors)

 

Then, somewhere around 5 in the evening,

we wanted an EASTER DINNER...

just for the 2 of us

sooo,

 

out came the  LEAN MEAN FAT GRILLING MACHINE

 Ham slices with grilled pineapple.

Now, I generally use the pineapple rounds but 

I only had the cubed FRESH pineapple and they were DELICIOUS.....

grilled pineapple is just to DIE FOR...

fresh veggies to make a beautiful green salad...

 ...every time I have green onions, I remember back to when I was a little girl...

my mama nearly always had a garden and grew green onions...

my job was to go out and pick a few for our meal and I had to always wash them good and let running water go down each green onion tube to flush out any little garden bugs that might be inside....

and I'll tell ya what....

I still do it to this day.

BUTTER  LETTUCE..

oh, my.....it is sooo good.
♥

sweet potatoes that had just been unloaded off the produce truck

and were almost as fresh as if I'd picked them out of a garden...

just delicious...

with just salt, pepper and butter, they melted in your mouth...

David and Kathy and their family brought this beautiful bucket of flowers

and they made me feel better instantly....

and not long afterwards,

Stacy and Deeds came over (staying a safe distance from our colds)

bringing this pot of SUNSHINE ....

I love them.

I put them all on the bench, in the sunlight and I know they will grow

and get even more beautiful.

...along with flowers in hand,

Stacy brought food...

 blackberries...
blueberries...
raspberries...
strawberries....
angel food cake...

even brought the whipped cream...

and loving whipped cream as I do..

I had to add A LOT....

Mr. Sweet used to laugh at my mama when she said,

"I could eat a cow chip if it had whipped cream on it..."

hahhaaa...she was such a cutie.

I guess I got my love of the sweetened cream from her.

Stacy brought deviled eggs, an avocado salad and it all was delicious.

Thank you, sweet family for making our Easter SPECIAL even when we

weren't feeling very well and missed all of you sooo much.

XOXO