Easter Pretties

Easter Sunday morning starts early!
The girls and parents are at Nana's house.

Something in my tummy before Sunrise Service:We're all tired:

But I'm still cute.

Got the hats on and off to church we go!Look! The boys are already checkin' out our cuties!

Watch out for Daddy, boys!

Oh Oh Oh! Look who else is here! Best friend Ellie! (See Samuel's little feeties?) Oh! I didn't even notice Daddy's mugging for the camera!

Fun together:

Come on girls!

Ring Around the Rosies!

Pocket full of Posies!

Ashes!

Ashes!

We ALL Fall DOWN!!!Quite a colorful breakfast after Sunrise Service!

Check out the dimples on those baby hands!

Goofy!

Picture time:

H:

Baby J:

Nana and baby are both tired:

Ooooooo! Easter Egg Hunt @ church:

Look at my haul!

Ohhh the joys of a Family Photo:

Here we all are! Thanks Saretta!

I'm cute:

Air Jordan?

Doll carriers instead of Easter baskets:

Oh look! Cheerios left over from this morning before Sunrise Service:

Easter Dinner DID take a long time to get ready!

Nana, come under here with me!

Time to frost the cake!

Ta Da!

Go Vanna!

Good Job!

Okay, it passes!

Sissy misses the cake decorating:

Bought this to try. It's basket grass imported from Germany and is made out of potatoes and sugar. But it tasted like stale, sweet, boring potato chips! (LJ put the mini cadbury eggs inside)

Hey! The cake turned out okay!I never bothered with the "Wilton" method!

And then on the other side of the country! Another Easter Egg hunt!

Looking!

Tink is helping!

Got quite a few!

Oooo! Look! I see two!

Oh! Look at that basket! Looks familiar! Did Nana make it?

Ahhhhh, the whole fam dressed up for Easter!

Happy Easter to all!

Cake Decorating 101

Just a little clip.
We made Carrot Cake for Easter Dinner.
We haven't eaten it yet, but preparing it may have been the best part anyhow!!!
More Easter photos to follow.

Yes, I know she was licking the spatula.
But why spoil her fun??!?!?!

Fire and Rain

Yesterday I came home from school
and it was just beautiful outside so I snapped a few pics.
Windy, but gorgeous!
Isn't that dogwood unbelievable???
This is what I see out my kitchen window. ~sigh~

Another view,
see the effect of the wind on the water?

Time to take down the snow man flag.
I've blamed him for the cold weather we've had.See what the wind did the other day?
(my poor umbrella)As the afternoon continued, we were under Severe Thunderstorm warning and Tornado Watch.

It got darker and darker.Rained hard and the sky turned green.
And then this scene developed across the lake:
It looked like the house across the lake was on fire:
And we ended up with a beautiful sunset:

Phantom 2009

Last night we saw Phantom of the Opera at the Music Hall Kansas City!
First row on the right.
Great performance, close enough to see the expressions on the faces of the performers.

This was the first time for Christy!
LJ and I are Phans, our FIFTH performance.
Hard to manage since we live in the middle of nowhere.
The cast at Her Majesty's Theatre in London was still the best
but last night was excellent!

After going out after the play for a light snack,
we came home to Jay and the little girlees
fast asleep on the floor of LJ's apt!
August: Tif and fam and I plan to go see it on Broadway!

photo by Joan Marcus

Panera ain't got nuthin' on us!

Panera's Baked Egg Soufflé:

Ours:

Group effort by LJ, Jay and moi. Yum!

Happy April Fool's Day!

I have no idea if this is actually true or not
and honestly don't care.
I have not bothered 
to search through Snope's or Urban Legends.

 It just cracks me up!  Enjoy your day:

FLORIDA COURT SETS ATHEIST HOLY DAY

In  Florida , an atheist created a case against the
upcoming Easter and Passover holy days.  He hired an attorney
to bring a discrimination case against Christians, Jews and observances
of their holy days.  The argument was that it was unfair that atheists
had no such recognized days.
The case was brought before a judge.  After listening to the
passionate presentation by the lawyer, the judge banged his gavel
declaring, "Case dismissed!"
The lawyer immediately stood objecting to the ruling saying, "Your
honor,how can you possibly dismiss this case?  The Christians have
Christmas, Easter and others.  The Jews have Passover, Yom
Kippur and  Hanukkah, yet my client and all other atheists have no
such holidays."
The judge leaned forward in his chair saying, "But you do. Your client,
counsel, is woefully ignorant."
The lawyer said, "Your Honor, we are unaware of any special observance
or holiday for atheists."
The judge said, "The calendar says April 1st is April Fools Day. Psalm
14:1 states, 'The fool says in his heart, there is no God.' Thus, it is
the opinion of this court, that if your client says there is no God,
then he is a fool.  Therefore, April 1st is his day.  Court is
adjourned."
Thanks Keith for the email!