HAPPY EASTER!

The Fam

Star Wars...cool!

Stevens loved her bunny!

Molly was more excited about the candy!

Can you tell that we just woke up?

The new Air and Space Museum...awesome!

Before going up in the Washington Monument

"Christ the Lord is risen today, Alleluia!"  What a beautiful day to celebrate the Resurrection of our Saviour.  We are so blessed to be surrounded by family on this special day.  The cousins woke up early to find their Easter Baskets...they all love some candy!  We had cinnamon rolls for breakfast and then off to church.  We love the little church that Kat and Scott attend here.  It reminds us of our old church that we loved and miss.  My favorite part of the service was at the end...the choir led the congregation in the Alleluia Chorus!  It always gives me goose bumps.  After church, we came home and ate a wonderful lunch- Honey Baked Ham, green beans, brown rice, Mom's orange salad, and biscuits.  

Brian and George have gone into the city again to go to the Museum of American history.  Stevens thought that they need some father son time and that she should stay here...truth be known, she couldn't care less about another museum!  :)  Bless!  George on the other hand is all about learning new things.  We had a 30 minute discussion about the ends and outs of "climate change" on the way home from dinner last night.  I'm sure he will have some interesting discussions with his teachers the next time it comes up at school.  

Kat seems better today.  I think she was able to "clear a path" yesterday.  We cleaned up the house this morning and she is getting a nap right now.  The movers will be here tomorrow to pack the first wave of stuff for India.  It is "game on" now!

Well, I must go get ready for the next event... an egg hunt/ cookout here tonight.  Before I go, I am going to try and post some pictures.

TTFN

-E 

Our last "hoorah" with the Sanfords

We are visiting the Sanfords in DC for Easter weekend.  They leave on May 7th for their one year tour in India...we hope only 1 year?  So we are trying to get in as much family time as we can before they leave.  You would have thought that we were going to Disney World as excited as my children have been.  For the past week, we have had the count down every day,"How many days left?  Can we pack today?"  Stevens was the really lucky one.  She got to drive back to DC with Tata and Scott last Sunday.  Her spring break was this week.  She came to "help babysit" so that Tata could start packing and getting ready.  

Mom, Dad, and I drove up with Molly and George on Wed.  We made it in just over 6 hours with 2 stops...Dad says that is b/c I was going 90 the whole way...not true!  The speed limit is 70 most of the way, so you can make great time.  

Brian is at home with our new child, Jack.  He is our 12 week old puppy.  Big Lew babysat for us yesterday while Brian was at work.  Thank you Big Lew.  Brian and Jack are coming up today as soon as Brian can get away.  We are all very excited to see Jack...we have missed his crazy self.

Pop really took one for the team today.  He got up at 6:30, rode the Metro into the city, and got in line for tickets to the Washington Monument.  He waited in line until after 9:00.  When he got to the ticket window they said that they did not have 6 tickets left for today!  They were able to give him 2 tickets for 3:00, 1 for 3:30, and 1 for 4:00.  So Kathryne and I took Stevens and George up at 3:00.  (We kind of cheated.  We put our stack of four tickets together with the 2 for 3:00 on top.)   Anyway, we were first in line for the 3:00 group.  It was really neat.  It turned out to be a beautiful day, so we could see all the sites from the top...Lincoln Memorial, Capital, White House, Mall, Jefferson Memorial, and all of the Museums.  Our driver, Pop, dropped us off, parked, and waited for us to come back.  He is so good.  

We are back at the house now.  Molly just woke up from her nap, George is playing in the back yard by himself, and Stevens is helping with Scotty.

Tata is feeling a little overwhelmed so I am going to try and help.  You know "warm and fuzzy" is not my strong suit....but I can organize!  :)

Trying to change my blog????

Well here is my second trial at blogging. I want to change my back ground and layout to look cute like everyone else's...how do I do that? I looked at the choices underlayouts, and there are not many. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

It is a beautiful friday afernoon. I am sitting on Mom's sun porch with Scotty...who is not happy right now because Baby Einstein is over. Molly and Scotty have been playing in the yard with Jack (our new puppy) all morning. They are both so dirty. Well I think we are going back outside again. I may try to post again later.