Easter 2010

We had Grandma and Grandpa Connor, Uncle Curt, Aunt Mary, Mina, Will and Andee over for Easter dinner. The weather was perfect for Chris to practice his golf shots into the field behind the house and send the kids to retrieve the golf balls. Grandma and Grandpa brought baskets for the kids and the Easter Bunny visited during the night and left goodies for Max, Quinlan, Reilly and Chris and PEEPs for me. Yum. As you can tell by the last picture, poor Reilly was so tired she couldn't eat the peanut butter toast she asked for at dinner time. She was coming off some sort of sore throat and fever sickness and was just completely exhausted by our busy weekend.

Andee was hiding behind Mina's chair. She didn't want her picture taken.

Sooooooo tired.

Easter egg hunt

Our neighbor, Judy, decided to organize an Easter egg hunt for the kids at our end of Bannerwood Drive. Each parent provided a dozen plastic eggs filled with all sorts of trinkets, trash and candy and some of the parents hid them. The bigger kids were in Judy's yard and the younger kids were in another yard. The kids hung out in our backyard while the eggs were hidden and then ran across the street to claim their loot. It was a beautiful, warm, sunny afternoon and everyone had a great time.
After the hunt, everyone came to our house for pizza, wings and lots of good munchies and to hang out and enjoy each other's company. If the wind hadn't come up to hurricane force at around 8:00pm I think the party would have lasted all night! OK, not but we had to abandon the patio due to the wind which made everyone decide to go home.
Here are some pictures of my little egg hunters hard at work.

Canada Geese

First it was a pheasant and now geese. These 2 Canada geese decided to wander into our yard to see if there was anything exciting to eat. After Reilly and I marveled at their beauty, I ran out into the yard and scared them away. I was told that if birds get too comfortable in your yard they will come back year after year. That was one chance I was NOT going to take. I hate birds. Quinlan said "Hey Mom, you were on a goose-chase". Good one, Quinlan.