Married to Wilson: April is my favorite month!

As children and teenagers we spend much of our time wishing that we could be older.

We want to be able to drive.
Live on our own.
Be finished with school and those dreaded final exams where we have to fill in 250 miniscule bubbles on a scan-tron sheet that counts for 40 percent of our final grade.

Then we get to adulthood and suddenly we’re wondering

Why did we complain about college so much, when we could take a midday nap in between classes?
Why does it take so long to do our taxes and why is the government taking so much of our money?

Here in the Wilson household, I try to do birthdays and holidays in a big way, because let’s face it- being an adult sucks out a lot of the fun and magic of our childhood parties and holidays.

Last month, we celebrated our birthdays! This is such a fun time of year, because with birthdays three days apart, we literally have a week of eating dessert every single night. Living the dream...

I’m a big fan of traditions. While sometimes I miss aspects of holidays from my childhood, I’m enjoying being able to make new traditions for our family while also keeping some of the ones we had growing up.

As was the tradition we started last year, I cooked Chris a special dinner for his birthday. He picked the menu: steak and sweet potatoes, plus a slice of tiramisu for dessert.

Can you guess which one is for Chris?

A few days later we celebrated my birthday with dinner at Georgia’s BBQ (You guessed it, the same place we ate at last year)

Chris surprised me with Steve’s Key Lime Pie and some birthday gifts the day before my actual birthday. I always tell him I hate surprises, but lucky for me, he knows that's not true. I just like the good kind of surprises.

So good!

Chris also got me “Frozen” (Someone and not just me, will still sing 'Do you wanna build a snowman?' at least once a day in our apartment) and “In Cold Blood” by Truman Capote. Both were great! (And yes, Chris pointed out the irony of getting me a Disney movie and a book based on a horrific murder. It all balances out.)

A short time after our birthdays, it was time for one of my favorite holidays, Easter! I’ve always loved Easter since I was a little girl. Of course there’s so much more to this holiday than a hollowed out chocolate Easter bunny. To me Easter is everyday. I’m constantly reminded of the sacrifice of my Savior.

We went to church and then came home for a BIG lunch. Like I mentioned I love starting new family traditions.

Call me crazy, but I wanted to have a Thanksgiving meal for Easter. I’m not much of a “ham’ person so I got a turkey breast and made all the fixins’ to go with it including: sweet potato casserole, dressing/stuffing, rolls, deviled eggs, and green bean casserole!