Tis' The Season

I'm use to not be a fan of eating soft shells. Just recently have I begun to eat them (like last year). I happened to get some last week and was going to fry them up for dinner as soon as Scott cleaned them for me. However, Scott wasn't able to so, so I dove in and with the help of my Dad talking me through the first one, I cleaned my first 12 dozen soft shells and then fried them for supper, and boy were they good! :)

Before:


After:


After I cleaned them, all I did was roll them around in milk, bread them with seafood breader (mixed with a little Old Bay), and fry them!

Soft shell crab is a term for crabs that have recently molted their old exoskeleton and are still soft.
A Beginners Guide to Soft Shell Crabs

Here are some soft shell recipes I've found online:
Sauteed Soft Shell Crabs with Garlic and Butter
Panko Crusted Soft Shells with Ginger Sauce

Easter Bunny

Looks like the Easter Bunny did decide to visit this year.

Some things that were in Grace's Easter basket were:

Dora Bat & Ball

Playdoh Eggs

Bathing Suit & Cover Up

Tale of Peter Rabbit Movie

The Story of Easter Book

Strawberry Shortcake Book

Mini Barbie

Dora Bubbles

Starburst Jelly Beans Egg

Thanks Easter Bunny!

Church for Easter Sunday

Thanks to the warmer weather, Scott and I probably look different than we did in previous posts. He's now beardless and I chopped some of my hair off. While I think shorter hair makes my face look fatter, it sure is much cooler for warm weather!

Grace was into posing for me my making silly faces and twisting her body all funky. Here are two photos of our silly girl that turned out fairly well.

Egg Hunting

Mrs. Myrtle & Mr. Bobby host an Easter Egg Hunt at their house on the Scuppernong River for the youth in our church and others who wish to attend.

Love how this egg was dyed. I'm going to search to see if I can find the instructions to post soon.

Grace's loot:

Dying Eggs

Before the egg hunt we woke up early to dye easter eggs. I thought I was going to have time to be able to do something really fun and creative this year, but I didn't get around to it, so we just basic coloring with the tablets you find in the Easter Kits! :)

Papa's birthday!

My Papa had a birthday last month. For his birthday we decided to surprise him by going to Williamston and going to church with him. After church we met more of the family at Deadwood for lunch!

A Friday Funny!

This cracks me up! :)