{"id":1871,"date":"2011-04-27T06:37:45","date_gmt":"2011-04-27T06:37:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/?p=1871"},"modified":"2011-04-27T06:37:45","modified_gmt":"2011-04-27T06:37:45","slug":"easter-pot-luck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/easter-pot-luck\/","title":{"rendered":"Easter Pot Luck"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last weekend (the weekend before Easter) we had a huge pot luck and Easter Egg hunt at our church.\u00a0 I love to eat, so what&#8217;s not to love about an endless table of food?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Easter-Potluck-002.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1872\" title=\"Easter Potluck 002\" src=\"http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Easter-Potluck-002.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"570\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Easter-Potluck-002.jpg 570w, http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Easter-Potluck-002-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><\/a>Good times had by all&#8230;except AnnaLeigh.\u00a0 There was a clown there, &#8220;Stringbini&#8221; (string beany), and he scared my little Pinky to death (and she still talks about him every single day).\u00a0 She clung to my mom, me, or her most favorite person in the world, &#8220;Je-be-je-ber&#8221; (her wonderful, amazing Sunday School teacher!)\u00a0 I don&#8217;t think Pinky smiled the whole time we were there that day.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Easter-Potluck-123.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1873\" title=\"Easter Potluck 123\" src=\"http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Easter-Potluck-123.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"570\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Easter-Potluck-123.jpg 570w, http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Easter-Potluck-123-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Egg Hunt<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Easter-Potluck-010.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1874\" title=\"Easter Potluck 010\" src=\"http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Easter-Potluck-010.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"570\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Easter-Potluck-010.jpg 570w, http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Easter-Potluck-010-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><\/a>The boys, showing off their loot.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Easter-Potluck-016.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1875\" title=\"Easter Potluck 016\" src=\"http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Easter-Potluck-016.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"570\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Easter-Potluck-016.jpg 570w, http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Easter-Potluck-016-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><\/a>P was so excited when he opened his egg.\u00a0 There were 4 packages of Starburst candies in one big egg.\u00a0 Starbursts are this maniac&#8217;s most favorite candy.\u00a0 They announced there was a golden egg with $20 in it and he said, &#8220;Who needs $20 when you can have all these Starbursts!?!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Easter-Potluck-019.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1876\" title=\"Easter Potluck 019\" src=\"http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Easter-Potluck-019.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"570\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Easter-Potluck-019.jpg 570w, http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Easter-Potluck-019-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I tried to take a pic of my maniacs.\u00a0 I failed!\u00a0 AnnaLeigh was being so rotten!\u00a0 She had this look on her face all day&#8230;just scowling at everyone.\u00a0 It&#8217;s actually been her expression of choice lately.\u00a0 Sassy little stinker!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Easter-Potluck-047.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1877\" title=\"Easter Potluck 047\" src=\"http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Easter-Potluck-047.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"570\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Easter-Potluck-047.jpg 570w, http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Easter-Potluck-047-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><\/a>I tried to get a pic of my maniacs with my sister&#8217;s maniacs.\u00a0 Again, I failed!\u00a0 So, we opted for the &#8220;crazy picture.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Easter-Potluck-072.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1878\" title=\"Easter Potluck 072\" src=\"http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Easter-Potluck-072.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"570\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Easter-Potluck-072.jpg 570w, http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Easter-Potluck-072-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><\/a>We went to the lake to look at the fishies.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Easter-Potluck-082.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1879\" title=\"Easter Potluck 082\" src=\"http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Easter-Potluck-082.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"570\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Easter-Potluck-082.jpg 570w, http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Easter-Potluck-082-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><\/a>My dad (jokingly) said to the kids, &#8220;Watch those toes&#8230;you don&#8217;t want an alligator to get them.&#8221;\u00a0 Please notice that LK has her foot dangling over the edge, while AnnaLeigh has scooted her little feet as far from the water as she can without falling on her face. :)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Easter-Potluck-086.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1880\" title=\"Easter Potluck 086\" src=\"http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Easter-Potluck-086.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"570\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Easter-Potluck-086.jpg 570w, http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Easter-Potluck-086-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><\/a>Because my previous pics didn&#8217;t work, I thought I would attempt a family pic.\u00a0 Haha!<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s my attempt at getting my son to &#8220;straighten up!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Easter-Potluck-089.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1881\" title=\"Easter Potluck 089\" src=\"http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Easter-Potluck-089.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"570\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Easter-Potluck-089.jpg 570w, http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Easter-Potluck-089-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><\/a>Here&#8217;s my attempt at getting AnnaLeigh to smile.\u00a0 (Which she actually did for 2.3 seconds.)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Easter-Potluck-096.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1882\" title=\"Easter Potluck 096\" src=\"http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Easter-Potluck-096.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"570\" height=\"383\" srcset=\"http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Easter-Potluck-096.jpg 570w, http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Easter-Potluck-096-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><\/a>Here&#8217;s the best pic we got.\u00a0 Oh well, there&#8217;s always Easter family pics&#8230;right?\u00a0 Ha!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Easter-Potluck-091.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1883\" title=\"Easter Potluck 091\" src=\"http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Easter-Potluck-091.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"570\" height=\"381\" srcset=\"http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Easter-Potluck-091.jpg 570w, http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Easter-Potluck-091-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><\/a>Before we were really even finished with family pics, this happened&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Easter-Potluck-111.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1884\" title=\"Easter Potluck 111\" src=\"http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Easter-Potluck-111.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"570\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Easter-Potluck-111.jpg 570w, http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Easter-Potluck-111-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><\/a>I can just hear my mother saying, &#8220;If all your friends jump off a cliff, are you going to jump too?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Lilly Katherine&#8217;s answer is going to be, &#8220;No ma&#8217;am.\u00a0 I plan on <em>leading <\/em>them off the cliff.&#8221;\u00a0 (as she giggles) :)\u00a0 Goodness, I love this little maniac!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Easter-Potluck-107.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1885\" title=\"Easter Potluck 107\" src=\"http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Easter-Potluck-107.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"570\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Easter-Potluck-107.jpg 570w, http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Easter-Potluck-107-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Easter-Potluck-109.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1886\" title=\"Easter Potluck 109\" src=\"http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Easter-Potluck-109.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"570\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Easter-Potluck-109.jpg 570w, http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Easter-Potluck-109-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><\/a>Ready&#8230;Set&#8230;Jump!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Easter-Potluck-112.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1887\" title=\"Easter Potluck 112\" src=\"http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Easter-Potluck-112.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"570\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Easter-Potluck-112.jpg 570w, http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Easter-Potluck-112-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Easter-Potluck-113.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1888\" title=\"Easter Potluck 113\" src=\"http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Easter-Potluck-113.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"570\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Easter-Potluck-113.jpg 570w, http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Easter-Potluck-113-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Easter-Potluck-114.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1889\" title=\"Easter Potluck 114\" src=\"http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Easter-Potluck-114.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"570\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Easter-Potluck-114.jpg 570w, http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Easter-Potluck-114-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><\/a>Giggle!\u00a0 Giggle!\u00a0 Cackle!<\/p>\n<p>My girl knows how to have fun anywhere.\u00a0 If she&#8217;s not having a good time, she&#8217;ll make a good time.\u00a0 I love her joy and her love for life.\u00a0 She brings excitement and lots of giggles to our family!<\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p>One last stop before we left the church&#8230;we had to get a balloon from Stringbini.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Easter-Potluck-130.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1891\" title=\"Easter Potluck 130\" src=\"http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Easter-Potluck-130.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"570\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Easter-Potluck-130.jpg 570w, http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Easter-Potluck-130-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><\/a>A basketball, a butterfly, and a tulip.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Easter-Potluck-145.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1890\" title=\"Easter Potluck 145\" src=\"http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Easter-Potluck-145.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"570\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Easter-Potluck-145.jpg 570w, http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Easter-Potluck-145-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><\/a>What a fun day!\u00a0 The kids were exhasted by the time we left.\u00a0 That&#8217;s typically our goal for whatever we&#8217;re doing, so it worked out well. :)<\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p>Off to bed before my eyes shut while I&#8217;m typing.\u00a0 Still more pics from Easter coming tomorrow&#8230;and I have 3 more recipes to share.\u00a0 They can&#8217;t all be in one post, but I&#8217;ll try to get it all up this week.\u00a0 Nighty-night friends on the WWW!<\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced 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