Easter 2008

Our sweet children (and dogs) humored me as I once again attempted a perfect family photo for Easter. This was my favorite one this year, the dogs even cooperated! Though I miss Gracie's pretty smile. If you haven't seen Michael's braces or Joey's latest lack of teeth, you can click on this photo and get a great close-up view!

The day was a full one. John and Michael cooked pancakes and sausage for our church breakfast. Christy helped as the youth group hid eggs for the little ones. And Joey and Grace enjoyed the hunt!

After a great service at church we came home to check out the Easter baskets....


We had Pat and his bride-to-be, Nyna over for dinner, along with Grampie, Pat's brother, Greg and their mom, Angie. Johnny cooked a yummy scrummy ham.


After dinner we introduced Nyna, who is from Brazil, to the American tradition of coloring Easter eggs. She caught right on, before we knew it the kids were copying her designs! Nyna also painted the girls' fingernails. She decorated them with tiny little flowers, the girls loved it!








The evening ended on a funny note....after our company left and I had sent Joey and Grace to get ready for bed, Gracie came running out of her room in her pj's declaring that we had forgotten to do our Easter egg hunt! So, Christy and Michael quickly hid plastic eggs around the yard...it's getting dark so we are trying to hurry. When they were finished hiding the eggs Joey and Gracie quickly dashed outside to see who would return with the most eggs. Well, in their rush to be the one with the most eggs, they both ran out forgetting a most important tool we use for gathering Easter eggs! Can you guess what they forgot?!

Click on the photo to enlarge it if you need to! They were too cute! I don't even remember who the winner was (-;