Happy Easter

Good Morning and a very Happy Easter to you all.

Wade & family arrived late Thursday evening and we have been having a grand time together. Emily & I spent Friday shopping and eating lunch out. It has become increasingly difficult to know what to put in her Easter basket, so I offered her money or a shopping trip. We headed to the mall and had a fun time doing all of the teenage type stores. Though Em is not someone who often wears a dress, she decided she would like to have a dress. The picture at the end of this email is the outfit she decided on. I thought she looked real cute and very feminine. She wore her new digs when she went out to dinner yesterday evening with her mom & dad and other Nana, to celebrate Easter with Nana.

While we were shopping, Justin called my cell phone to inform me that everyone was coming to my house for supper. I said,"OK, what are we having?" He said that he was bringing his turkey fryer over and they were making chicken wings and chips. Justin & Holly brought all of the supplies and Wade, Kenny and Justin did all of the cooking, so that worked for me.

Yesterday was a bit quieter as everyone stayed busy doing their own thing. Nancy came and picked Em up for another shopping trip and the boys went off to do some MAN shopping. We were all talking about old Easter traditions yesterday. It was interesting to hear what each family had done. In my family our parents filled baskets with candy and at least one egg that we had colored the day before with our name on it. On Easter morning we would have to hunt for our basket. No telling the others if you found their basket. Holly's family always got a fruit basket with a couple of pieces of candy stuck in and their baskets would be sitting on the kitchen table when they got up Easter morning. In Nancy's family the eggs and candy would be individually hidden and you had to take your basket and go on the hunt for things.

Justin & Holly will take Dalton this morning to the farm to join all of his little cousins for an Easter egg hunt. It will be his first as he was too little last year. Justin decided to make it a little more challenging for their nephew Donovan (six years old) and purchased camouflage eggs. Last year Holly's sister filled most of the eggs with money but decided on candy this year. They should have fun. The kids are 6, 5, 4, 2 and Dalton at 15 months.

The gang will all end up here for a ham dinner around five this evening. I hope you all have a wonderful and family filled day. Doris, I just hope you have not been kicked by the latest treatment and can enjoy your day with your family. LaDonna