Easter part two!

 Easter dinner almost finished....

 After everyone finished eating, we decided to hunt before dessert.

My Shug handed out bags....and off they went! 

In these pictures check out the almost two year old, Ty!  He is always off by himself!

 

So funny!  His Dad says this kid has a mind of his own!

 I'm so very glad we had such beautiful weather for Easter!

  Everyone going through is loot!

 Taylor and Emily

 Trent (front left), Theresa,  Duke and Mom (standing)

 Billie, Gloria, Mom, Vinh, and Ralph

 Andrew and Dad must be having a serious conversation about Mardi Gras' necklaces!

 Look how cute...the guys got matching necklaces, in their eggs, that matched their shirts!

 My Shug in the green, Chee in the lavender, and Vinh (the little boy I used the babysit!) in the yellow!

 My niece Adrienne with her children Ty and Dylan

 Time for dessert!

 And for playing outside.  The older girls decided to play with the two year olds airplane and the first thing they did was get it stuck on the roof!

 After much thinking, and after me telling them they could not climb on the trellis....

 and after Vinh offering to help but then found out he had sat in chocolate and was too embarrassed to help......

 

 

they climbed the trellis anyway!

Dylan got almost to the top and chickened out!

 Even with Mom and Dad both there to catch her, no way!

 And the whole thing blew down except for the wing.

 So Taylor climbed up there and got it.  Now here's the thing.......

 I'm pretty sure if they ever spend the night...they are not going to stay in the room that they claimed was "their room."  The one with the balcony.  Because I'm visualizing teenage escape artists in the making here!

 My cousin Gloria and her husband Ralph came this year.  And Ralph was sitting on this swing.  I thought it was a sweet moment, even though he didn't remember the swing, so maybe it wasn't his parents....but I bought it at a garage sale that was held at his parents house years ago.

 My precious nieces and nephew....minus one nephew...

 here he is busy going through his eggs.


The guys went fishing.

 Then later played bocce' ball.

 And most importantly.... We all had a fun and a wonderful day.

Cindy Bee

Happy Easter

This year, once again, we went to Mom & Dad's for Easter dinner and then everyone came to our house for dessert and the egg hunt.

  So, my "festivities" started on Saturday with baking and decorating.

 I decided to make cheesecakes.

 Big Mistake. 


I have no idea why they turned out looking like crap, but they did.  Anh mentioned that she heard if I put a shallow pan of water in the oven with the cakes it helps with moisture and they don't crack.

 

 So I made a few other desserts just in case the cakes tasted like they looked.

 Fortunately, for me, the cheesecakes were yummy.

 Some of my Easter decorations...

 I saw this on a blog, and I cannot remember where, but they took old light fixtures and planted flowers in them.  My Shug had put these in the garage sale pile, and I took them out!  I know I know...it's why I am stressed....too much stuff...but they did turn out cute.  They have screw holes in the glass, so they actually could be hung (by Coral Belle!)

 We also stuffed two HUGE shopping bags full of eggs.

 My Shug hid the eggs...and this is how he hid most of them. 

 It's kind of hard to see them, but they are just laying there on top of the ground

 Before the hunt...dinner....so we went to Mom & Dad's and oh my gosh.....

 lots of food!

 
 Trent was very fixated on getting his fishing pole ready for fishing!

 
 See what I mean!
 
 
 Now if you remember, on Monday last week we had a huge snow storm with ten inches of snow.  I have to tell you I was sweating this weekend because there is no way I can fit all of these people in one room at the same time.  Especially with the kids. 

Lucky for me the temps reached 55 degrees! And it was sunny!

Thank you God!

 It did rain the night before, and I told everyone to wear boots for the mud.  My Sister's family came very ready for hunting!




















Joey and Dylan were ready to hunt eggs too. 
 

When I walked outside they already had all of the baskets out, and I was informed that I needed more baskets and bigger baskets, or better yet, they prefer bags for next year.

 
 Chee decided to use the basket that held the baskets, and the boys decided to use the bags that their chairs came in!

I am definitely going to have to make some changes next year.

So my Shug is standing there trying to get everyone's attention to tell them where the eggs are hidden on our property. 

Lorri was already hunting though...

And everyone just took off!  It was hilarious! 

 Jeeeesh Taylor has four baskets!

Adrienne grabbed a grocery bag! 

We put candy, little toys, $1.00 bills, and lottery tickets in the eggs.  Oh yeah, and those necklaces from last year!

After the hunt, the guys took off across the road to go fishing.

The rest of us relaxed while the kids played outside.

And let's not forget to take a moment to remember the real reason for Easter.

 

Cindy Bee

PS - I'm going to skip Ripple Monday this week