Easter Weekend 2009

What a fun weekend this was. On Friday evening we got together with our lifelong friends at the Ostergars for supper. Allen cooked a whole turkey on the grill; it was delicious. All the other contributions were equally good and the company was great. We missed you Vern and Jerry.

Also on Friday Graham Gibbs flew in from New York. Alison picked him up at the airport and brought him to Provo and the two of them spent the weekend. Chelsea and Katy were also in the mix but did not "sleep over."

The genial hosts

Vic, Phil, Liz w/ grilled bacon, and Kris

Millers' hands, Nano, Allen, and Rod

Lovely Easter flowers

On Saturday everyone who was in the area gathered to dye eggs and eat Janet's Chinese food. We missed the Youngs, who had a dying party of their own, and the Hastings who were in Southern Utah. (See here and here)

Max, Ollie, Phillip, Lizzie, and Meg ready to begin

There were some great dying techniques

Chelsea, Alison, Graham, and Katy
waited for their turn to dye eggs

Easter Sunday, after church, everyone, including the Wais and Gibbs, met here for Easter dinner: ham, lamb, mint sauce, potatoes, gravy, asparagus, cheesecake, and strawberries. Dinner was followed by a three-part egg hunt, divided according to age, for all our grandkids as well as Uncle's progeny. After the Easter egg hunt we had birthday cake in honor of Katy's natal anniversary, which would be the following day. One of Sunday's highlights was a puppet show performed behind the living-room sofa by Tucker and Anders, explaining how the Easter Bunny got his job. Todd and Courtney eventually joined us after returning from Southern Utah.

New Easter outfits for everyone

The binkers tucking in, more or less

Clara taking some small comfort from Pop Pop -- she
was abandoned by her mother who was hiding eggs

All was fine once the hunt began

Waiting for the two-year-old binkers to finish

The egg hunters, less the tiny guys

Stromboli and his brother

The appreciative audience

Katy is about to blow

Well done!

Monday was Katy's actual birthday and we took her and Carrie to the Bombay House for dinner.

The crown was a gift from the Gibbs and
she wore it several time during the day -- watch
for a special crown post on her blog

So, it was a great weekend. Class is finished at BYU and finals are coming up. Katy will graduate next week and there will be all kinds of family, food, and fun. I will keep you posted. That's all for now.

OXO

D.