Sunday, Sunday, Sunday!

Let's see,the holiest day of the year+ family+good friends+love+CANDY+good food+laughter+adorable children=one fantastic holiday!

Easter is my favorite church holiday. All the great music and pageantry, how can you not be moved by that? And all the beautiful little girls in their sherbet colored dresses and little boys dressed up in their ties and sport coats-how sweet!

And CANDY! Let's not forget the CANDY!

We enjoyed a great meal at my brother Steve's house. Where we had an outdoor Easter egg hunt in between snow squalls. Snow on Easter is just not right! Thank you, Global warming.

So, here are a few pictures from the day. Hope you enjoy them! Susan's braided bread. It was as delicious as it was beautiful! It looks like a playboy model just posin' there all seductive-like!

Here's a nice picture of my gang all dressed up for Easter. And we get the added bonus of having pretty little Ceecee in the picture with us. She took a shine to Russ after he taught her Sunday school class last week and wanted to be in the picture with us!

The following are Easter egg hunt pictures from Steve and Pattie's house. Look at that little girl on her first egg hunt!
And since we haven't been able to say this for the past 40 days,

Allelulia!!!!!

Warning! Parental bragging ahead!

It's been a fews day without a post about my wonderful children, and I know you are just biting your fingernails down to the nubs in anticipation of a new one!



It just so happens that a piece of Ike's artwork was entered by his art teacher into the Mastadon Art and Science fair. (Sam's science project was not picked to go, but he was ROBBED, I tell ya!)


Anyway, we went as a family to view his artwork at the fair last Saturday. Here is a lovely shot his 3D cookie watch picture:

I have to tell you that the idea of a cookie watch is just brilliant! It tells the time and functions as a snack all in one. I suppose it wouldn't be very practical as it would be a one use item, but still, it's brilliant! (Hey, it's my kid, I'm supposed to use brilliant 3 times in 4 sentences when I talk about him!)

When we visited the art fair, the exhibits had not been judged. But on Thursday, in the parking lot of Shop n Save, we found out from Ms. Falconnier (the world's coolest art teacher) that Ike had gotten first place!

I'm pretty sure that Shop n Save is not an official location for the award ceremony of the Mastadon art fair, but since we had parked right next to Ms. Falconnier, and she had the awards in her car, we had the medal bestowing right there next to the cart corral!

Unfortunately, I was unprepared for the impromptu award ceremony and did not have my camera. But here is a picture of the proud young man and his blue ribbon at home:

Congratulations, Ike!

Super Sunday!

No, this isn't another post about the Super Bowl. And I'm feeling chatty, so just settle in for a long post.

It's about the great day that was yesterday.

We celebrated Ike's first Holy Communion and finally had Sam's postponed birthday party.

It was one of those days that is stellar from beginning to end. Smiles all around and even a few tears of joy...

Here's a picture of the first Communicants:

I have to tell you that being able to celebrate this milestone with such a wonderful group of friends made the day even more special!

There was a cake at church after the service(were you able to get the cake Jacquie??):


And then we had a party for both boys at home.

This is a fantastic photo of Sam. He is getting ready to blow out his candles (really? That explains the cake with all the candles on it.), but under the table is a cell phone that he has used to dial our house phone which is why he is looking to his right, that is where the phone is.


I was rushing to the phone and he was getting a big kick out of tricking his mother. When you are 11, fooling your mother is just about the funniest thing ever! Anyway, I love the mischievious grin on his face that shows off his dimples.

Here's one more picture of Ike on his big day:

Isn't he the handsome young man? How can he be old enough for his first Communion?

It's a blessing that my boys are surrounded by family and friends that love and support them as they grow up!

In short (too late, Jane, too late), a good time was had by all.

On a scale of 1-10, he's 11!

So I suck (children don't say suck, it's not a nice word) at the blog upkeep.

Sorry, sorry!

Several fun events have come and gone since the last post. See future posts for details. You all are patiently waiting, I'm sure.

Most important would be that my oldest son is now 11! How did that happen?

Here's a photo of his reaction to opening his favorite birthday gift-a chess set! But it's not just ANY chess set, it is a LEGO chess set (more LEGOs, just what our house needs!). You all are now swooning over the coolness of this present, I know.

Happy 11th birthday, young man! We love you!!