Easter 2009

This past weekend we had a lot going on: Easter eggs to color, a wedding reception to attend, food to make for Easter events, and last minute trips to the store. I tend to stress out easily when extra things get added to my usual daily routine. Saturday we had a late start to the day because my husband and I were up until 1:00 AM trying to get things done. I wanted to make a chocolate swirl cheesecake and have the kids color the eggs before we left for the wedding reception later that night. I managed to cook the eggs quick and put the cheesecake in the oven. By then it was time for lunch. When you’re in a rush, there is nothing better than leftovers, so Steve opened the refrigerator and pulled out the leftover chicken stir-fry we had two nights before; then proceeded to heat it up in the microwave. We use the timer on the microwave whenever we cook, so he had to subtract the time the food was heating and reset the time so I would know when to get the cheesecake out. While this was all going on, I decided to head to the computer since I had a few minutes. It wasn't long after, when I began to smell the cheesecake and asked Steve if the timer went off. Well, I guess it did and neither of us heard it. We were left with burnt cheesecake! It was horrible. I put the blame on him, since he was the one messing with the timer, but I know I should have been checking on it instead of sitting at the computer. I asked him if he thought I could take something like that to our family gathering on Easter. He didn’t think so. I wasn't so sure either. How embarrassing; however, I am not one to waste. I don't like the thought of throwing things out espeically when I think of how much money or time was invested into it. Now, I know cheesecake isn't that expensive to make, but with the way the economy is, unessessary waste can not be tolerated in our house.

Meanwhile, the kids were able to color the Easter eggs with their much favored Pokemon theme.

I ended up taking the cheesecake to our family gathering, and told everyone it was a new recipe I tried called Burnt Cheesecake: pathetic, I know. Hey what can I say, it was family, you can serve them anything. They are supposed to love you no matter what right? It tasted fine really. It just didn't look very appealing.

We didn't take many pictures on Easter, as I later realized. But, we did get a really good one of our handsome little nephew Tristan! It turns out that beads are a delicious addition to Easter dinner! Who knew?