¡Fiesta!

N8 and I in our decided to put forth an effort of fellowshipping for our Ward and throw a Fiesta!! Anyone and everyone was invited to attend, but especially those of Latin decent. I spent the week decluttering, cleaning and figuring out what recipes I would make. All the while friends were RSVP to the Facebook event.
Finally Friday arrived and we had 23 guests (some spouses were separate, some together + kids) say they were coming. Plus we knew of a few more not on facebook that planned to be here. It's hard planning for an undetermined number of people!
I decided to make Blueberry Empanadas and Polvorones de Canele (Cinnamon Cookies). I really liked the empanadas, the cookies were so so.

Guests began arriving around 6:20pm and just kept coming!

We had 2 large very full of candy pinata's and lots of children waiting the give them a whack!


When the last friend had left and we got the kids off to bed N8 and I made a quick list of everyone that came at one point or another. The grand total~115!! I could not believe it. We had a great time and hopefully everyone that came did as well. I really think we need to do these gatherings a little more often!!

What an Easter!

I love when Easter falls on General Conference weekend. We started the morning with Easter buckets and finding eggs throughout the house.

Then we listened to Conference. So many of the talks directly spoke of Christ's resurrection and of family. We all really enjoyed it. Bud even sat through each of the Apostles talks. I printed out a little guide for him so he had a space to draw what their tie looked like and then words from talk.

Emma and Mo got a little bored and played dress-up!

On Monday and post-Easter egg hunt & potluck was planned at a local park. Lots of people were planning on coming and looking forward to getting together and having a egg hunt for their children. That morning the sustained 40 mph winds and nippy weather made the plans change. N8 and I offered to have it at our house. I though maybe less people would come because of the weather and that it was at our house. That was not the case. N8 said he counted a solid 70 people!! That a lot of people for our house, but it was a blast. Lot of visiting, eating and egg hunting!!