“9” Things I Loved About This Year’s Easter
1. Nicole’s creativity, dispersed into the cutest place settings that I have ever seen.
(Nicole is the up and coming Martha Stewart, in case you didn’t know.)
2. Quiet time spent with family and friends.
3. The food. (of course!)
Nicole made a large batch of sweet potato and rosemary soup. For a moment, I completely lost my senses and found myself wishing that I was one of mom’s homemade butter rolls being dunked into the rich, orange broth.
Did I just say that out loud?
Heavenly.
I honestly could have made a meal out of the bread and soup, but the main meal was pretty scrumptious too.
Garlic Mashed Potatoes
Summer Squash w/ Dill Saute
Ham and Turkey
Broccoli Casserole
Brown Sugar Glazed Carrots
Green Beans
I hated the meal. All of it. Obviously. 😉
4. Seeing my bestie: Nicole @ Loving Simple Moments
5. Dessert. (because this is a completely different reason than the #3!)
Nicole went all out with the entirety of the meal. And then she ended it with a loud, lemony, coconut bang.
Kelsey brought a trio of yummy vegan desserts for the table to share as well.
Delish!
6. End of meal conversations.
This is always my favorite part of every holiday. Empty plates. Quiet chatter. Candles glowing. People laughing. Bellies feeling full and content.
7. Goodie bags! 
Thanks, Nicole!
8. Cuddling with a cat named Stitch.
Because he never ceases to make me laugh.
9. Remembering all of the good things in life.
Sometimes I forget to thank God for the simple moments. Which is funny, because these are the moments that I continue to remember, long after the day has passed. The moments that mean the most. I love that Easter reminds me of all these things.
Happy Easter!!!
QUESTION: What is your favorite part of Easter?
Running To Slow Things Down 
Looks like you had a great time.
My favourite part of Easter is spending time with those that you love :). Sometimes it’s the simPle pleasures that mean the most.
It looks like you had a fabulous Easter. What a set up Nicole provided!
I love those bunny napkins! That’s so awesome. I’ll have to learn to do that.
Nicole clearly went all out for you guys. Looks like she did a great job!
Definitely spending time with loved ones! (And Stitch is adorable!)
My favorite part of this year’s Easter was having students over at our house for a meal. It’s a blessing to have a house that we can open up to others!
I’m hoping you might be willing to share the sweet potato and rosemary soup recipe (pretty please?):)
Nicole let me know that it was a recipe from Giada, and here is the link: 😀
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/giada-de-laurentiis/creamy-sweet-potato-and-rosemary-soup-recipe/index.html
THANK YOU!!! Looks so delicious:)
holy adorable place settings! your sister is so creative. The meal looked AMAZING, especially the rolls!
These food photos have me starving! : ) I use to love my daughters’ faces light up in the morning when they found their basket of goodies. : )
Lovely photos, great food!
I’m a fairly new (de-lurking) reader to let you know that the link to Nicole’s site isn’t working.
(I may or may not have gone there hoping to find the recipe for that soup!)
Thank you for pointing this out, Sasha!! Nicole’s site is at: http://lovingsimplemoments.wordpress.com
And the soup recipe is here:
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/giada-de-laurentiis/creamy-sweet-potato-and-rosemary-soup-recipe/index.html
good pictures! they are so vivid .