Isn't it beautiful? Some of it didn't turn out quite as yummy as I'd imagined (I'm talking about YOU, baby artichokes! Waaaaay more trouble than they're worth), but some things turned out truly outstanding. Our favorite was probably the "Spring Salad with Grapes and Pistachio-Crusted Goat Cheese." Wow. So good. Overall it was a great feast! It's a good thing, because we didn't do any of the "traditional" Easter things like colored eggs or egg hunts (but those ARE deviled eggs on the table there--that totally counts I think. Although, my brother pointed out that it doesn't seem right really to have deviled eggs on Easter) or Easter baskets and such. But it was a lovely Easter nonetheless.
And of course we had a real spiritual feast from all the beautiful messages given at General Conference.
A word about the dress I'm wearing in these pics which I simply must point out--it's a new but old dress that I bought 5 1/2 years ago while I was visiting Kevin in Utah (this was after I graduated from BYU but before Kevin graduated, and we were doing the long distance relationship thing). I went to the BYU bookstore and found the dress on the clearance rack. I tried it on and it was just a little too tight. I decided to buy it since the price was really good, and it was one of those "Jody" dresses that everyone else but me seemed to have while I was at BYU. And because I thought soon I'd loose a little weight and be able to fit in it.................HA! As it turned out, I gained something like 30 or 40 pounds in my first year of grad school--far from losing a few! Anyways, it's been hanging in my closet these long years, and finally I can fit into it now! It is quite exciting. Easter was actually my second time wearing it, but it is still kind of an Easter dress feeling (my mom bought me Easter dresses well into my undergrad years, so it's quite the tradition for me).
2 comments:
YUM!!! Your feast looks delicious! And you look great in that dress (I was thinking that as I skimmed through the pictures this morning -- all I had time for earlier -- and so I was glad to see that the dress has a story behind it! Congrats on being able to fit in it!!)
P.S. I totally loved how you called out the baby artichokes. Made me smile!
Um...WOW!!! You are amazing, MINDY!! Your feast looks fantastic although, I can't say goat cheese sounds particularly appetizing to me but everything else sounds to die for. You look fabulous in your dress, too. Congrats on being able to fit in it! That's got to be a GREAT feeling. Way to go!! I have that dream for a lot of my dresses, including a Jody dress (love them!) that I got from a mission companion.
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