Happy Easter Everyone!!

I can't believe it's been almost a week since I last blogged. Well, it's not like there's 500 people sitting on the edge of their seats, waiting to see what I've been doing.

To be honest, I've been sort of in a state of disconnect since we learned that acreage is going on the auction block. I'm nervous about it and I don't do well when I don't have a vision for what's coming up. I really should just trust that things will work out as they are supposed to. That's what I preach to other people, but the control part of my personality keeps feeling like I should find a way to make this happen.

So I haven't been able to really settle down into any kind of a project. I have several hanging out there that aren't completed, so today, I'm gong to concentrate on finishing something.


First, Easter. We always enjoy time with our family. Angie hosted an Easter brunch. We start with our traditional mimosas in the kitchen while waiting for the food to be ready. Angie had a really good egg casserole with sun dried tomatoes and sausage and lots of stringy cheese. We had fresh fruit, pastries, oven roasted potatoes and one of her signature cheesecakes. This one was a chocolate chip, something....indescribibely delicious. I took my lemon bundt cake with raspberries. Way too much food. But good!! Here we are in Angie's kitchen. Not room to get everyone in.





And the ones that couldn't leave the ball game on TV. Wes and the girls. Mike R was in his chair and out of the picture.








It was a nice day to be out. Not too cold, not much breeze. We only had Olivia and Carson taking part in the hunt this year. Bailey (center) has decided she's too old. Next year will start the cycle over. Our first great grandchild, Braylon, will be old enough to walk and hunt eggs. I'm sure everyone will help him. We look forward to it! Olivia and Carson spent the afternoon sorting and trading candy. Some was put in a pile to 'donate to Haiti'........that was cool idea.



Memories of days gone by go through my mind every Easter. Grandma Johnson started a tradition of an Easter Egg hunt the first year our Mike was old enough to walk. He was their oldest grandchild. The hunt was always after Easter dinner. The kids would be looking out the windows, trying to catch a glimpse of an egg that they could quickly get before anyone else. There were 10 grandchildren all pretty close in age. Our Mike was very competitive and we always had to lecture him about giving the others a fair chance. We all laugh about it now, and over the years, I have seen that same thing happening with our grandchildren.

It was a great day, but too short. Hope all of you had a great Easter, too.