The Giaretta Family: Easter

Over Easter weekend this year we decided to make new traditions in our family. This was our first Easter living in Chicago with the girls so we were excited to spend the weekend with family celebrating the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. On Saturday we went to the evening service at our new church Willow Creek and joined our church family in worship & the celebration of Easter.

On Sunday we awoke to find the Easter Bunny visited our house to hide eggs and fill the girl's baskets with presents!! Their little faces were so adorable when they entered the living room on Easter morning to find the bunny or as Olivia calls him-the "Easter Beagle" (from the Peanuts gang) came. However, instead of tearing into their baskets the girls went exploring for Easter eggs first. They both seemed to really like finding the hidden eggs more than anything!! After egg hunting & present opening we all got ready for our "guests" (as Livie refers to anyone coming over to our house lol) to arrive. We decided to host an Easter brunch for our families, because we wanted to just stay home and relax instead of running from house to house. We are so fortunate that both of our families get along so well and enjoy each other's company. We chose to do a brunch, because some of our favorite foods are breakfast food & the girls love eating breakfast foods at all times of the day. It is not uncommon for us to have breakfast for dinner, which happens to be my favorite! So, we served homemade waffles (on my new waffle iron I got for Christmas), scrambled eggs, homemade sausage patties (from the family deli S&T), breakfast potatoes, fruit & veggie pizzas, toast w/various jams, orange juice, & mimosas. And for dessert I made cupcakes:-) We enjoyed an afternoon of delicious foods, prayer, & great company.

The girls finding their eggs....