Making Home: Crazy Family Holidays.... LOVE them

Happy Easter Everyone !

We are kind of a dysfunctional non traditional family.

We had our Easter get together yesterday ( Saturday ).

No traditional ham or egg bake brunch for us.

Nope.

We had a fish fry.

Ya know, years ago , that may have driven me crazy.

Back in the day when I thought family holidays were supposed to be more Ozzie and Harriet than the Osbornes.

When I tried to plan a beautiful table scape.

You know , all Martha Stewart like.

But the centerpiece always got in the way.

And real dishes have to be washed, not just thrown away.

And after several glasses of wine ,

NO ONE in my family wants to do dishes !

I woke up a bit?matured since then.

It took me years of disappointment to realize it's not how the gathering looks that is important,

it's who you spend it with.

We were only missing a few family members yesterday,

which is pretty good considering the "kids" are now adults with lots of other "perfect" family gatherings to attend.

This was the first year in a long time we had a "kids" table !

I had a lot of fun with that.

Although it was almost a bomb too.

We have a 2 1/2 year old , a 1 1/2 year old and a ( forgive me Jasmyn , I don't remember ) 7 or 8 year old.

All girls.

The little ones were sitting on their Mom's laps eating.

I thought , well , that table I scrambled to make was a total waste of time....

but then the next thing I knew ,

they had all discovered it and were sitting there happily eating at their own little table :)

( Of course , no picture ... wine remember ... )

Trust me , it was C*U*T*E !

PLUS ... I have to find more chairs for my kids table !

Two , that's right TWO of my nieces announced they are expecting in the fall.

Our?family is expanding rapidly !

We may not be the Waltons ( or even close )

And I'm pretty sure Martha would have a heart attack looking at my table and buffet.

But my crazy family puts the FUN in DYSFUNCTIONAL !

And I wouldn't have it any other way !

Yep, that's the Crazies...

Beautiful table huh?

I didn't even try to disguise it with a table cloth....

More highlights~

Huntin for eggs...

OK Ryan didn't hid them well....

but we have LITTLE hunters.

And it rained..

Addie wasn't sure about picking up wet eggs.

But she caught on.

Quick !

"My" had to hold the basket.

Addie was too busy huntin`.

Jackpot !

Well, kinda...

?I think she was disappointed there was no chocolate.

I put quarters in the eggs.

When Addie was opening her eggs she said , " money....AGAIN."...sigh..

That kid cracks me up !

I hope all of you had a blessed Easter !

I know I sure did!

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