Easter Day

Our table set for Easter

Easter was a very nice day for us! Tony went to early mass and I went to church. We then went to Cousin Nancy's home for Easter brunch. I'll post some photos of our family there. We see Tony's family a lot, but I have been bad about getting my camera out and getting some shots! They are a handsome group of people and need to be seen :) I didn't get Celeste's husband and sons, but will get them another time...

Tony's cousin, Nancy - the beautiful hostess (Lena's daughter from previous post)

The Easter brunch spread at Nancy's mid-way through the feasting

We came home and prepared a great Easter dinner for the sister missionaries and they shared a lesson with us after dinner. It was nice to see them. There is a new sister (fresh greenie straight out of the Missionary Training Center) and Tony gave her a bit of a hard time joshing her - but she took it very well and passed his approval test in the end! I'll post a pic of our festive table. I wanted to give the sisters a little bit of a holiday feel since they aren't home at holiday time. I recall one Easter dinner on my mission and the family we ate with gave us all a pair of socks which was apparently a Romanian Easter custom (unbeknownst to us). I had absolutely NO success making those Romanian nylons work on my American legs, so decided I would buy something a little more fun/useful for the sister missionaries here.

Celeste and Jennifer - Nancy's daughters

Cousin Rita's family - David, Rita, and David Louis (Rita is Lena's daughter)

As for the food on Easter, everything was great! The buffet at Nancy's was wonderful. I have never had a bad meal with Tony's family. For the brunch I made my Grandma Beverly's cheese roll, which we also served as appetizer for our dinner later. It is always a hit! Then we had a full turkey dinner at our house with mashed potatoes, stuffing (my mom's fantastic recipe), gravy, salad and sides with canolli for dessert. It was a fun day all around!

Michelle's family - Michelle, Casey, Bill, and Kelly (Michelle is Cousin Celeste's daughter, Lena's granddaughter)

Chris and Jennifer - proud future parents!

Joey's family - Joey, Diane, and Joseph (Joey is Nancy's stepson)