We were blessed to have our girls and their guys with us for the Easter holiday weekend, plus the husband's parents for Sunday lunch. The CPA and her husband, plus their fur baby Chorkie, drove up Thursday afternoon so we could hit Canton's first weekend trade days on Friday.
The moonrise Friday night was just gorgeous, and we enjoyed a bit of stargazing from the back porch, too. Unfortunately, the law student and her boyfriend weren't able to arrive until early Saturday afternoon since they had a wedding to attend Friday night in Austin where he was a groomsman.
Saturday morning, I hopped on over to the church to help set up for the big Easter egg hunt. The kids in attendance really seemed to have a great time with our snacks/activities, and the decor was precious. The Easter bunny even made an appearance to pass out candy and pose for pics.
We decided to try a new local Italian restaurant Saturday night with the younger set, and it did not disappoint. It's always a pleasure to enjoy the company of family while letting somebody else do the cooking.
We kicked off Easter morning with a sunrise golf cart worship service at what's called "The Point" in our lake community. Afterwards, we came home and I prepped a lunch that featured grilled steaks, shrimp and chicken. The sides were on the simple side: loaded baked potatoes, glazed carrots, corn on the cob, spinach salad, yeast rolls, strawberry cake and lemon icebox pie. And of course the girls got Easter baskets even though they're 25 and 30, because that's how we do it around here.
We wrapped up a lovely Easter with some boat spotting Sunday afternoon. There were lots of pontoons on the water. Since our rainy Saturday included the arrival of cooler temps, we figure that's why there weren't any takers for jet skiing, tubing or wakeboarding like you'd usually see on a holiday weekend. We did spy a rather uniquely modified older pontoon model cruising past our house. If you look closely at the first pic, you'll see a homemade boat cover that includes a window unit attached to the front of it. It was a truly fine piece of redneck ingenuity I could appreciate as we ramp up to our usual surface of the sun summer temps.
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