Easter 2009

Easter weekend began with the traditional coloring of the eggs!! Tristan, Sofia and Lillie did such a wonderful job this year. Tristan even learned how to stripe his eggs from Papa.
We were very impressed that both Tristan and Sofia handled their eggs with such care using the bended wire egg holder!!
Experience tells us to strip the kids down for this colorful experience. You can't do anything for the colored hands however.Here is Reid enjoying all the eggs after they were colored!
Lillie and April on Easter afternoon admiring the Rice Krispie Egg!

Lillie in her Easter finery under our big blooming Cherry tree~ She just loved her hat!
Reid high up in he Cherry Tree! Isn't he getting so big?
Sofia and Tristan look so cute don't they?
Just love this picture of the oldest 3 after shedding their Easter clothes!!
Tristan holding Reid, Lillie and Sofia. By this point Lillie already has her shoes off and Sofia insisted on wearing her new summer flip flops over her tights!!

Melissa turns 30!!!!!

CHEERS!!! We decided to do something totally fun for Melissa's 30th birthday. We had a cocktail party and asked the guests to dress up. Everyone came dressed to the 9's. We created a bar in the kitchen, all the lighting was either candles, fire light or lamp light, made some very fun hors-de-vours and listened to big band music. We had a wonderful time until the wee hours of the morning!

Cody at the "bar", as our Bartender extraordinaire! Cody and Anna named all the drinks after Melissa's childhood, and it was fun to order a "Sasa Sour" or a "Winnie the Wino Sangria".

Friends, deciding which drinks to choose. Doesn't Andrew just look so Dapper? He also wore black and white shoes!!

Old tried and true friends! Becky Huntington (Conners) and her husband Aaron joined us and they brought a picture of Becky and Melissa at Becky's 4th birthday party, so fun!!

The food was delicious!! We had everything from fresh shrimp to fresh fruit!

HAPPY 30TH BIRTHDAY MELISSA!!!