Wednesday April 14, 2010

 

 

Easter Lunch With My Siblings

…their spouses, children, and grandchildren

Sunday, April 11

 

 

Our part of the meal was providing the meat (ham this year), the house, and seating for sixty. (There were actually a few less – maybe fifty-five).

 

 

 Some of Steve (my brother) and Brenda’s children and grandchildren were in the kitchen. Pictured: Kurt, Nadia, Sandy, David, Caleb, Laura, Katie, and Vince. Jared, Andi, and Molly came after I took the photo and sat in the empty chairs.

 

 

 The garage provided seating for fifty.

 

 

 This is how it looked from the same angle when it was full of people.

 

 

 My sister, Nancy, her husband, Marlin, and several from their family sat in the room in the back part of the garage.

 

 

The children (age twelve and under) anxiously wait for the word “go” so they can find the 400 plastic eggs the teenagers hid after lunch. I think each child was permitted to collect twenty-five. I forgot to take a picture of Deb giving out prizes. She and Roy bring the eggs as their contribution to the day. Some eggs include the word “prize.” If you look closely, you can see the green tub full of prizes in front of the garage door.

 

 

 Kelci

 

 

 Jared and Jesse look for eggs while Roy, Jordan, and David watch from the background.

 

 

 Emma spotted more eggs.

 

 

 Jared, Ian, Zachary, and David (there were several Davids)

 

 

 Jesse

 

 

Andi, Molly, Brenda, David (youngest David), Laura (expecting a baby any day and wife of the oldest David), and Caleb

 

 

 Jared, Ian, and Andrew

 

 

 Andi, Jared, David, Molly, and Ian

 

 

 Roy, Jeff, and Jordan watching from the porch.

 

 

 Gloria

 

 

 David

 

 

Spraying Roy with Silly String – Jake, Jared, Roy, Jenna, Reagan, Jana, Ian

 

 

 Roy, Jamie, Andrew, Jenna, Jana (hidden behind Jenna)

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 Chris feeding formula to one of the two motherless bunnies they found.

 

 

 Jeff and Chris brought the bunnies for Deb, who loves to try to keep orphaned baby animals alive. She said both of these are girls. (Sadly one of them died this afternoon – Wednesday.) Wild bunnies are very difficult to raise.

 

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Tomorrow night: Pretty flowers in our yard

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