easter extravaganza

This easter we were planning on driving down to Eugene to celebrate with my family with a pit stop in Portland along the way to say hello to my in-laws. We were so excited, Jake had even taken a half day off so we could start our trek early.. Friday morning came, we were all packed and ready to go and not only was it snowing, but our car wouldn't shift into any gears. Bummer! After trying to figure out an alternative mode of transportation, or how to fix our car, or if the passes were clear enough to get down to where we needed to go, we were forced to stay in Yakima for easter. Not the worst case scenario considering my brother and sister-in-law and niece live up here, but still sad to miss celebrating with the rest of our families. Good thing the main reason for celebrating is that our Lord has risen from the grave! That was one thing that wasn't going to change!

We ended up going to see baby chicks with our sweet little niece, going to church, and having a lovely meal of honey ham, garlic mashed potatoes, lemon-almond green beans, thyme bread, peach jello salad (a family tradition), and raspberry lemon bars for dessert. Our niece had a fun little egg hunt and opened her easter basket, and we had a lovely time playing games and relaxing with the family we did have in town!

us:
our delicious meal:
eden, so excited to find an egg!
Jake & Eden petting baby chicks: