Still Celebrating Easter ...

April 22, 2017

The kids were so excited when daddy and Alana arrived ...

Nathan was having a sneak peek around ...

while the kids were waiting patiently on the stairwell for the signal ...

in search of Easter eggs ... inside and out ...

They had a successful hunt ...!!!

It was a beautiful morning ...

Nathan and Mike decided to take a few shots out towards the field ...

while breakfast was being prepared ...

After breakfast ... the gang decided to go for a ride ... 

the boys on their dirt bikes ...

Nathan ... Alana ... Grandpa and Ella on the quads ...

Craig and James were out driving around in the field ... until dad was ready to go ...

as Nathan wanted to take the Dodge out for a spin ...

the boys helped dad check and fill the tires with air ...

Everything set ... they were off ...!!!

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Ella wanted to have her hair braided ...

so Alana spent the time with her ...

and then Ella in turn ... braided Alana’s hair ...

Thry looked adorable ... and you could tell they were having so much fun ...!!!

Finally Oma arrived to spend Easter dinner with us ...

and her great-grandchildren were thrilled to receive money for Easter ...

It was a busy time in the kitchen ...

baking pies ... cooking the turkey ... and  preparing all the fixings ...

Everyone helping out at one point or another ...

Nathan volunteered to carve up the turkey ... the kids helped with setting the table ...

and Alana washing the dishes as I was finishing up with the final touches ...

We had a lovely dinner ... 

After dinner ... the table was cleared and we were in the process of getting dessert ready ...

Ella thought grandpa needed a new hair-doo...!!!

Amazing transformation with just a single bobby-pin ...

The two of them had us in stitches ... so much fun ... !!!

I think grandpa liked the new look ... ha ha 

We enjoyed sitting around at the table ... chatting ... visiting ... 

We had picked a gift up for Nathan and Alana ...

on our holiday in Texas ... “sauces are hot there”

Craig and Nathan went outside afterwards ... Craig wanted to ride his dad’s dirtbike ...

Nathan was Craig’s age when he got this dirtbike ...

It surprised us at how well he did ...!!!

Ella hanging out with Granpa on the couch ...

and I drove Oma back into town ... 

when I was in town ... I was on a beer run as well ...

I decided to pick up a NHL hockey glass for Nathan ...

as you can see ... he was pretty thrilled when the glass lit up ...

when his team scored ...!!!

 

April 23, 2017

 

Hoping that Nathan and Alana will be able to handle the heat of their hot sauce ...!!!

It was time to pack up the gear and make their way home ...

Craig figured he should take “Old Blue” out for one last ride ...

 

We had a great weekend with everybody ...!!!