Easter

This year Nana Banana and Sport visited us again around Callie's spring break and Easter.  It also just happened that the first weekend they were in town Rupp Arena was hosting the Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight rounds of the NCAA Women's Basketball tournament.  So we got tickets and all of us watched some great games.  Unfortunately, the UK women lost to Washington, but much to the visiting UConn fans delight, Notre Dame fell to Stanford in the nightcap.

While John helped facilitate the National History Day competition at EKU the next day, Sarah took the rest of the crew down the road to Shaker Village in Harrodsburg. They had an Easter egg hunt, which was organized by age and really just a race to see how many eggs you could put in your basket over a one-hundred-yard course. You can see the girls quite well, and the great thing was you exchanged the eggs for candy treats, which made everyone happy.

After the egg hunt was done we headed right over to the farm where we saw pigs, chickens, goats, and cows.  We hoped to see them shear the sheep, but by the time we got to that station all the sheep had been sheared for the day, so they had to tell us there was nothing left to see.  That's life on a farm.

It is safe to say the girls, Nana Banana, and Sport had fun exploring Shaker Village. And they also were able to learn more about the history of that particular site and the Shaker community that once made it their home. Shaker Village is one more cool thing about the Bluegrass that folks don't often know about.

On Easter morning the girls woke up to swimming pool themed baskets. They were filled with swimsuits, coverups, sunscreen, and everything they will need to show off their swimming skills at the pool this summer. The Easter bunny always seems to encourage the right activities. We were pleased.

Later that morning we were able to pull it all together in a timely fashion to make it to church on time. Since we were unable to have our traditional church egg hunt the girls got the opportunity to make the twelve eggs of Lent which told the full story of Easter, and not just the bunny version. We were also able to get a great picture of the girls with their grandparents outside on what was a beautiful day.

We were also able to snap a great family pic, and although John and Sarah look cool, calm, and collected, this year they were going to have to contribute more to the Easter brunch than ever before since Sharon and Chris had just returned from an extended stay in Sanibel Island, Florida. It was a new responsibility, but we felt we could meet the high standards set by the Chrismans.

The meal received great reviews.  Everyone enjoyed the salmon and the grilled asparagus.  But an even bigger hit was the dessert, which was berries and whipped cream over angel food cake.  And we have spent enough Easters with Chris and Sharon to know that if we want to hit a home run we have to ensure that Chris gets his annual peep intake.

Although Sport had to leave that Tuesday to get back for some work related events, Nana Banana spent the rest of the week taking care of both Callie and Reese since it was Callie's spring break. They had a great time and so did we.