Sunday, March 27- We celebrated Easter at Carrie's apartment. But, we actually started our Easter weekend at the Houston Elks Lodge Easter egg hunt. We enjoyed watching the kids from our patio here at the Elks campground. Members of the Lodge hid nearly 1000 eggs in the lawn area next to our site. It only took six minutes for the kids to collect the eggs, but it sure looked like fun.
Who do you think came over to our campsite for a visit? The Easter Bunny! We both posed for a picture. Thanks Easter Bunny for taking time during your busy day to stop and say hello!
After church on Sunday, we headed to Midtown Houston to celebrate at our daughters. We arrived early so Marsha could help with the meal preparation. Paul busied himself with a couple household projects for Carrie.
We took some time out to enjoy the gorgeous day. Carrie is only about a mile from the downtown area.
Beautiful but very windy day.
The dinner was delicious. The traditional ham dinner, with mashed potatoes, asparagus, sweet potatoes, and home made bread. Perfect! We were so stuffed that we took a couple block walk around Carrie’s neighborhood. Living in Midtown means there are lots and lots of restaurants. We took special notice of some of the crazy signs outside some of the establishments.
After dinner it was time for Paul to blow out the candles on his birthday “pull-apart.” A giant pastry Marsha made. Decked out with trick candles that couldn't be blown out. We eventually had to drown them in a glass of water to put them out. Marsha.....such a joker! By the way....the next time Paul's birthday falls on Easter Sunday is March 27, 2086. Paul will be 136 that year!
We then turned to the Easter baskets that the Easter Bunny left for Carrie and Michael. They must have been pretty nice because that rabbit sure left them with several nice baskets.
We weren't done yet. We had eggs to color. We all got highly involved in this annual event. We had paints for the first time this year along with our normal dyes. We had a blast coloring eggs and writing our initials on several. We even decorated a couple with feathers.... :-)
Traditional decorating of the family eggs.
Dave, Kelly, Paul, Marsha, Michael, Carrie.
Thanks Carrie for a wonderful Easter Sunday. It was an awesome conclusion to a wonderful weekend.
The End.
Thanks for stopping by. Hope to see y’all back real soon. Have a great day!
What a fun Easter Sunday you had , time with Carrie making memories.
ReplyDeleteLooks like you had a wonderful dinner and lots of eggs too. Your blog reminded me of last Easter when we were at the Shreveport Elks. They also had an Easter egg hung for all the kiddies. It was fun watching them too.
ReplyDeleteHappy Belated Birthday Paul! Hope to be seeing you celebrate your next Easter Birthday in the future.
ReplyDeleteBe Safe and Enjoy!
It's about time.
That is a fun fun day. What u s a pull apart cake?
ReplyDeleteThat is a fun fun day. What u s a pull apart cake?
ReplyDeleteyou guys are a hoot. . .love, love, love the egg decorating. . .so artistic!
ReplyDeleteFUN in all caps.
ReplyDeleteGlad you had a beautiful day with Carrie and Michael:) Sounds like the perfect traditional Easter...love that you decorated eggs together:)
ReplyDeleteI'll be waiting for my invitation to that party!
ReplyDeleteWill it be egg salad lunches this week or deviled eggs?
ReplyDeleteHappy belated Easter
ReplyDeleteHere's to celebrating that 136th birthday, Paul. You guys all did a great job with those eggs ... fun.
ReplyDeleteWhat a good time with family
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