Easter Weekend 2008 (Part 1)

March 21-23, 2008---Let me start by saying please ignore the dates on the pictures. The date was wrong on my camera. Now, for the blog---We spent Easter with the Crawford family in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. We drove down on Friday and made it in six hours even though we stopped three times. I'd say that's good time considering we have three small children and I hate riding in the car for more than a couple of hours. Friday night we enjoyed a delicious "Homemade Uncle Don" dinner of chicken and sausage gumbo, garlic bread, and sandwiches. YUM YUM!!!! Then we socialized, watched come NCAA tournament basketball games, and played Wii. The guys really got into the Wii games. I think we may need to purchase one!!

After breakfast Saturday morning we had an Easter egg hunt. Emma, Adam, and several of the adults hid eggs so that Anna Catherine, Jackson, Briley, Jack, and Chloe could find them. Anna Catherine ran around the yard collecting as many eggs as possible, which was somewhat embarrassing. I told her to stop so the little kids could find eggs so she then horded eggs and put them in Chloe's basket. Jackson enjoyed hunting the eggs but he wanted to open each egg as he found it and eat the candy that was inside. This was Briley and Jack's first egg hunt and they did wonderfully. They didn't find a lot of eggs (primarily because of AC finding them first) but they seemed to have a good time trying. Emma and Adam also helped the little ones hunt eggs.

Later we enjoyed a poolside crawfish boil. Of course it was too cool to swim but it was a gorgeous day--sunny and 78 degrees. It was so nice to sit outside and visit with family. The afternoon was spent grazing on burgers, hot dogs, chips, crawfish, potatoes, onions, and corn on the cob. DELICIOUS!!!!!! We also watched more of the tournament, played Wii, and "pocked" eggs. It is a South Louisiana tradition that Presly does with her students. Each person has a hard boiled egg. Two people tap eggs (pointed ends) together. Only one of the eggs will crack. If you're egg cracks, you're out. The winner moves on to the next person and they "pock" eggs. The winner is the person whose egg never cracks. Then we toured Wes, Presly, and Briley's new house and Andre, Heather, and Jack's new house. Boy, did that give me house fever!!!! Both house are beautiful with lots of open space and magnificent yards. Then, it was back to Kathy and Don's house for more food and Wii. You couldn't ask more from a beautiful spring day in South Louisiana spent with family. Life is good!!