Pretty Easter Girl

I couldn't resist adding a few more pictures of our pretty girl! These pictures were taken after church on Easter Sunday. It was a really nice day, though not terribly warm--Ruby's jacket went on again once Daddy's photo session was over! As you can tell by the pictures, Ruby loves all of the spring flowers that are sprouting up everywhere. She's constantly trying to pull them all up along with grass, dirt, and small animals...just kidding!

We were invited to Easter dinner by the Danfords, so we all traveled back to their house after church on the Metro and then walked the rest of the way. They live in Frederiksberg, which is a really nice area. They live a few blocks from the Copenhagen Zoo and very close to one of the city's most beautiful parks. Their house is a duplex and is still a "work in progress" with a half assembled lawn and ramshackle garden (this is entirely the landlord's fault--not theirs!). Anyhow, it is really beautiful inside and they have all the comforts of home since Danny works for a shipping company and they got to bring everything with them when they moved.

One of the more stressful parts of the dinner (and this is minor) was that Claire asked me to bring the rolls. I'm quite sure that I had never made yeast rolls before, except for in the bread maker, so that was my first challenge. The second challenge is that most of the yeast that is sold is fresh yeast, so I had a bit of a hard time (at first) trying to figure out how much to use and how to deal with it. The good news is that the rolls turned out alright, though I don't think that I'll be using the same recipe again. I thought that they got quite dry if you got them even remotely brown and the dough was SOOOO sticky. Oh well, live and learn! Since then I also made cinnamon rolls from scratch, which turned out a bit odd looking but were absolutely delicious. As you can see, I've been making plenty of desserts and haven't lost any more weight! Jared on the other hand just keeps getting skinnier. I think he must give his lunch to the street people... or maybe a bully is stealing it! Really, I think it's just all the exercise and stress. He burns calories like crazy and doesn't eat near enough to keep up.

Easter Monday was cold and rainy, but we managed to get out of the house anyway to attend Ruby's first Easter Egg Hunt, hosted by a family from our church. It was over in a flash and the transportation there and back was a real headache, so I must admit, we regretted going, but Ruby did seem to enjoy it and she has definitely enjoyed playing with the eggs now that they're at home. She loves to take them apart and piece them back together. Also, I made some of them into "matching" shakers with various objects inside. She doesn't try to match them, but she does like to shake them to the music... maybe she'll be a little drummer! Well, it's past 11pm which means I need to hit the sack. I'll try to write again soon as I've already picked out pictures for the next two posts!!