Okay folks! We have a lot of pictures in this post! C’mon! It’s Easter!
In Sunny Florida, the day didn’t start off so sunny. It was warm and humid, but the high humidity meant low cloud cover. We woke up to a fog bank in the back yard. But fog banks be damned, Paris knew that the Easter Bunny had made a visit! Let’s go! C’mon! Let’s find some candy and eggs!
The start of The Hunt. Look out the back doors…see any sunshine? Didn’t think so…
Ha! The first find! Things are starting to look up!
Paris is thinking “the older I get, the trickier that damn bunny becomes…where is all the stuff?”
She’s beginning to get a feel for the Bunny’s agenda. There’s a pattern developing…and a sick little smile that says “Bunny, you’re mine…”
Out on the lanai now (that’s a fancy Florida word for “patio”)…starting to hit the Mother Lode…look at those eggs!
In the palm tree! The fog makes the picture look soft, and Paris is thinking the Bunny’s skull is going to be pretty soft if she ever gets her hands on him. Eggs in the tree?
More eggs in a tree…this time an oak. The Bunny’s Evil Twin had to be the one that visited…the Easter Bunny would never be so diabolical!
Eggs in the hedges! As Paris’s Dad, even I’m starting to get frustrated! But she’s taking it all in stride…
Back inside…and what have we here? Oh my…this looks…BIG!
What a stash! Okay, okay…even if it was the Bunny’s Evil Twin, we can live with it…I mean…look at this stuff!
Hey, now we gotta get into the stuff. Hey look! I love this thing!
This is the basket Mom and Dad gave me. I wish Mark, Kristin and Cameron were here…they’re too big for Easter baskets, but I’d share…maybe…for a fee…
So! What do we do in Florida on Easter Sunday? We do the same thing we do on Christmas Day! We go to the beach! (Other people go too…)
And I love the beach!
And then! Ha ha! Hey Mark! This is just for you! We wrap up the day with…
Okay! That was Easter in Florida! But wait! Earlier in the week, we had a little long distance baking going on. Mom and Paris made some Easter cupcakes in Florida, and Grammy, Grace and Troy made the same ones in Pennsylvania! Check it out!
It’s hard to see the detail in the photo, but those are eggs (jellybeans) on a nest (coconut) on top of a cupcake. Fantastic!
Speaking of fantastic, we have a little non-Easter, but fantastic news to share!
Ya’ know…we’re very fortunate. Our family…and I don’t mean just our immediate family…our family is filled with wonderful young people. I get to talk about Mark, Kristin, Cameron and Paris all the time, but I hardly ever get a chance to talk about the other kids. Why? Because you people need to send me more pictures!
Okay, I got that off my chest…
…anyway, Grammy and Pop Pop did just that: they sent me a cool picture that captured a very cool event. You see beautiful Grace up there with the cupcakes? Well check this out! Here she is in her very first horse show, and if you look closely, you’ll see a Blue Ribbon on her saddle. But wait! She didn’t win just one Blue Ribbon…or two…or…wait! Ready? She won FIVE! FIVE! Five Blue Ribbons in her very first show! Victory Lap!
Yes! Congratulations Grace! We’re thrilled for you!
Okay! We have so many great kids in our family! I need more pix! More news! More info! C’mon! They grow up fast…