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Spring Break and Easter
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Spring Break and EasterHope everyone had a great Easter and Spring Break! We had James's sister and her boyfriend up for spring break, we had a great time. Both James and I agree it's like looking back in time to when we first started dating, it did us alot of good to remember life before work and bills and a new baby, and I think it did them alot of good to see what the future could hold, and if they want it haha. We did alot of fishing and some hunting and a whole lot of laughing and hanging out. I only got to get out to the garden once the whole visit, the young couple always had to be moving and going and rushing around for some reason, and I got the banana, bell, and cayenne peppers transplanted. I would have got more done but I got a call from the deer lease informing me that my dear husband had buried his truck up to the doors (and he has one of those lifted trucks so that's pretty deep!) and that I needed to come rescue them. That was an all day affair involving multiple tow trucks telling us that they couldn't even come close to pulling him out, then finally a large tractor coming to the rescue to get him free. When Sarah and Justin headed for Houston Saturday we weren't far behind and we spent all weekend with "Grandma" (my mother in law) and the family, we dyed 4 dozen Easter eggs and put togeather baskets (I can't remember how many) for all the nieces nephews cousins and grandkids plus quite a few nieghborhood kids and family friends that were schedualed to come over Sunday. That was the easy part! Sunday morning was Emily's first Easter, we all went to meet Great Grandma at church, where Emily was a huge star, (Grandma's church is small and there were exactly 2 babies in the service and the other "baby" was nearly 2 years old) once we managed to escape, poor Emily was covered in lipstick of every shade and grandma beamed like she had invented the lightbulb, we got to hurry home to hide the eggs. It's become a tradition at my moth in law's house that the new mom or moms get to be the big bunny on Easter and hide the eggs, last year we had 4 new moms, this year only I brought home a bundle of joy, so James and I got to be the bunny(s). We had almost 2 dozen hid when the first kids arrived and by the time we finished the whole house was full of kids (who were full of candy) and it was time for the real show. All of you crafter will enjoy this. Long before I came around, Emily Benter (may she rest in piece), the wonderful woman who Emily Perry (my daughter) was named for, sewed up "The Easter Bunny" for my husbands family. I didn't have time to take pictures but it's very simple really, a football helmet with white fleece and big floppy ears, doll-eyes, and wire wiskers with a pink marble nose glued on it all the way to that wire teeth saver thingy, where there are two big teeth and a stuffed carrot hanging down, the bottom is covered in fleece and it hangs all the way down over the sholders. This has been "The Easter Bunny" since my husband's older brother was born, long after most children had given up my husband and his brother and sister were arguing that they had reaally seen the Easter bunny and he was real! I was proud as can be to be the Easter bunny this year. Well being the bunny ain't no easy thing I'm tellin you, you gotta be in shape! First the Easter bunny comes past the back windows a few times until enough kids have seen to spark an intrest, and for an adult to draw all the eyes to the bunny hurring by the window then the Easter bunny has to hot foot it all the way around the house before the first kid makes it out the back door, then that bunny gots to peek around the corner so they get a glimpse of it's floppy ears disappearing to go hide eggs for the rest of the world. Once that's done you gotta shimmy out of the helmet, hide it, fix yourself up again, and blend back into the grown up crowd without anyone missing you! It was great, other than letting every dog in the back yard out along with myself it went off without a hitch, too bad the kids all thought the dogs chased off the Easter bunny and were none to happy with any of them. Everyone got plenty of eggs and then plenty of potato salad and deviled eggs, and of course ham and beans and all the goodies that go along with Easter. We ended up leaving late into the night full and tired and ready for home, but we had a blast and I can't wait til next year when Emily is big enough to really get into the fun. Thanks for reading everyone, again I hope you all had a great Easter and a wonderful spring break. Last edited: Wed Mar 26, 2008 2:10 am This blog entry has been viewed 667 times
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LP: Sounds like you had a grand Easter. I enjoyed reading this blog so much. . . the way you wrote it. I could picture it vividly in my head. Your family has a very fun and imaginative way of celebrating Easter. Your mom in law must be a very creative woman . . . and I am sure she knows that she is blessed to have you as her son's wife . . . Easter dinner sounded yummy, too!!! You have a blessed week.
Wow! Sounds like so much fun! It will be even more fun next Easter when Emily is bigger.
Your Easter celebrations sound very lively, which is as it should be. I love the story behind your Easter bunny, very touching. Login or register to leave a comment. |
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