Wednesday April 29, 2009

 

 

Family Easter Dinner

Sunday, April 26 – Part I

My Siblings & Our Children and Grandchildren

 

Meal and Egg Hunt

 

 

We host this meal a week or two after Easter each year.

I don’t remember ever having a day that was so warm – with most of our flowering trees and spring flowers in full bloom.  The temperature reached the eighties.

 

 

 

Jere and Kristen came right from church for a new family picture.

 

 

 

Roy and Deb brought this beautiful flower arrangement.

 

 

By 12:30 p.m. the house was filled with food and people.  Each married couple brings food.

There were fifty-six people here – and twenty-three were missing!  Some because they live in places like Italy, Maine, Texas, Virginia, and Michigan, or they live in Pennsylvania and were not able to attend.

 

 

There were thirty-five in the garage…

 

 

 

 

 

 

…twelve in the room behind the garage.

 

 

…and nine in the kitchen.

 

 

 Following lunch it was time for the age-twelve-and-older-children to hide more than 400 Easter eggs.

 

 

Yes, I said more than 400!

 

 

 

 

 Then it was time to turn the under-age-twelve-children loose in our yard.

 

  

 The bigger ones are told to leave the easy-to-find eggs for the little ones.

 

 

 David

 

 

 Jared

 

 

 There were twenty-two for everyone.

 

 

 Emma

 

 

 Jesse

 

 

  Caleb

 

 

Molly and her mom.

 

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It was a glorious day!