Grace Shaylene's 5th Birthday Party

We have a blast celebrating this beauty and her 5th birthday!! She is a joy, and we are lucky and blessed to be her parents. Hard to believe she is 5!!! We have an ICE CREAM SUNDAE party!

Extended Self Family Egg Hunt

We participated in the annual egg hunt with all the Self Grankids. Always fun....

Blueberry Lemon-Zest Croissant Puff

We enjoyed an Easter Brunch...our first holiday in the new house! I decided to try a new recipe simply because it looked so good in the pictures I saw on Pinterest...I am a sucker for food that looks delectable in photos. I altered the recipe a bit and had to double it to feed my crew, but it was so good AND every child liked it. (Sometimes it is the little miracles in life that bring joy!)

Blueberry Lemon-Zest Baked Croissant Puff 

2 8oz cream cheese packages, softened to room temp
4 eggs
2 tsp vanilla
1 1/3 cup sugar
lemon zest
2 cups milk
Blueberries...as many as you want
6 croissants
(These ingredients are the doubled sizes to accommodate a 9x13 pan)

 Break, cut or tear your croissants into bit size pieces

Add cream cheese, eggs, vanilla, sugar and lemon zest to mixer. 

 This is how a mom with a cranky 4mth old cooks Easter Brunch...gotta do whatcha gotta do!

 

Cream together eggs, cream cheese, lemon zest, vanilla and sugar. Then slowly add milk. (I had some cream cheese chunks because it wasn't completely softened, but I didn't mind, and does not affect taste.) 

Add blueberries (I used frozen because fresh were not on sale, but would have preferred fresh)

Pour mixture over croissants and blueberries

Bake at 350 for approximately 40min, or until firm. Enjoy warm with a sprinkling of powdered sugar!! 

Happy Easter

We enjoyed a moving and beautiful service at our new church, Mission Community Church. It is a blessing to live in a country where we have the freedom to worship. It is a glorious day remembering the sacrifice and love of our Savior!

We hope your life has been touch in someway by our Lord...Happy Easter!