Monday, April 25, 2011

Easter 2011 -- Let's go fly a kite!

2011 brought us a warm, sunny and delightful Easter Sunday. We had family galore over for an Easter lunch, egg hunting sponsored by Gary and Brenda's family, and all of us pooling lots of delicious foods.
After naps and dinner, Joy's sister Joni and Quincey dropped by, and Tim, Jenny and their girls got ready to show off Easter baskets and do some kite flying, a favorite activity of Joy and the girls (inspired by their favorite movie: Mary Poppins).
Anna opens her eggs to discover the surprises inside.
Big sister Ellie tells what's in her basket, and coaches little sister.
They open like this...wonder what's inside of THIS one?!
Ellie got a special headband/hairpiece and sets out to color some pages.

Then it's outside to launch the kite--run Daddy!
Let's try that again. Ellie does the toss up into the air.


A colorful pattern on a clear blue sky.
And back to earth again.

Time for some mother/daughter goofy picture-taking.
How did that turn out?
And another launch of the kite.

Though Michelle's family couldn't join us, we got to visit a bit via Skype and see how little Rachel is growing.