Tartan Day

Tartan Day?? What is that, you ask??

Get your tartan out because Tartan day is tomorrow, April 6th.

How did it all begin? Let me tell you.

National Tartan Day honors and celebrates Scottish culture and the role it has played in the development of the United States. Canada has been celebrating Tartan Day since 1993 and the U.S. Senate officially passed it into law in 1998, meaning that this year is the 15th Tartan Day in the US.

Scottish immigrants and descendants make up 8.5% of the total population of the United States. They've passed on Scottish last names, the sport of golf, the sounds of the bagpipes, and made tartan a fashion staple!

Tartan is a crisscrossed pattern of horizontal and vertical bands woven into cloth. It is made by weaving colored threads at right angles to each other. The Dress Act of 1746 attempted to ban tartan and other aspects of Gaelic culture in order to bring people under tighter government control. The law was repealed in 1782 and tartan became symbolic as the national dress of Scotland.  Thanks to PunchBowl.com

In New York, a large week-long celebration is held each year - Check it out! It even includes a huge tartan, Scottish-American pride parade!

To celebrate Tartan Day, pull out favorite tartan items and wear them with pride to celebrate Scottish culture!

I'll be wearing my Tartan, will you?

Brunch -- The perfect mix of breakfast and lunch.

It is good to know that even though I am almost 20 years old I am not too old for an Easter basket!

I woke up bright and early to shower and begin cooking for our lovely Easter brunch. I cut up all the fruit for our Honey Lime Fruit Salad. I figured letting it marinade together while we were at church would be a perfect touch.

Then we headed off to church.

After church, and a quick stop at Tim Hortons (Got another winning Roll Up The Rim!), I returned to my kitchen. I covered my new dress with my Starbucks barista apron I got for $1 at Goodwill and got to cooking. Aside from the fruit salad, I made ham, hashbrown/egg baskets, fresh strawberry muffins, and Easter sangria (for those of age!). 

  

 

Check out my Easter Brunch Pinterest page with some of these recipes -- Easter Brunch '13

The afternoon was full of sunshine, egg hunts, delicious food, family and friends.

I feel like this photo is a perfect photo to describe the afternoon. :)

After our family headed home, Nick and I were off to family party #2, with the McIntosh family!  We ate delicious desserts, played Corn Hole for hours on end, and even found time to watch a movie and hangout before the day was over.

As always, I hated saying goodbye to Nick last night, but I know I will be seeing him again in a few weeks.


And then for today...
I found out I am going to be an RA on 2nd floor Brazell and am happy to say that I am going to have the best suitemates, Jes and Ashley!

That's all for now.

Goodnight

XOXO