HE IS RISEN!! Easter 2008

This is our first year to spend Easter away from home. While we were missing being with our families, we still had a pretty good time! The festivities began on Saturday night with Easter Egg dying, followed by church this morning and a "family dinner" (minus Becca and Kellen and Brad and Beth-sad) for lunch. The menu consisted of smoked pork tenderloin, Jen's grandmother's potato salad, Chris's mom's green bean casserole, my cranberry congealed salad, two yummy loaves of bread baked by Jen, and a Southern Living banana pudding pie for dessert. Needless to say, we ate well! Here are some of the easter eggs we dyed:
The first step we took with this one was to cut out the silk from a tie and wrap it around a raw egg .(the tie has to be silk and the egg doesn't have to be raw, it just doesn't have to be boiled like most easter eggs) Next, we put cheese cloth around the outside of the "tied egg". Then we put the egg in a pot of water with enough water to cover the eggs, added 3 tablespoons vinegar and let the eggs come to a soft boil for about 20 minutes.
Then we took the eggs out let them cool- let them cool all the way, it won't work otherwise. Then we the wrappings off and squealed with delight!



































Next we did "marbleized" easter eggs. We dyed the eggs one light color first and then added olive oil to a darker color in a pyrex with about 1/2 inch liquid(Water, dye and olive oil). Then we swirled the oil around with a fork to create a "marbled" pattern of dye on the eggs.










The eggs come out looking like this:









Another helpful tip for egg dying: To make the eggs shiny, cover them with a light coat of olive oil!