Holidays And Food

Isn’t that what life is all about? Today I woke about 4:30 am to shower and dress for the sun rise services. I crawled to the shower, Luke and the bunch made it in around 8 pm last night the kids in their PJs asleep and Jacks all groggy headed. I had to laugh at them, mostly because I was happy to see them all, Lori wanted to squeal in delight but held her mouth so not to wake anyone.
We sat up the majority of the night talking and whispering to each other, Mom just held Camen and rocked in her rocking chair as Lori stood beside her I’m sure making plans on what to dress her in. It was nearly 1am before we all slumped off to our respected rooms for a bit of a nap to get going once more. Julie stayed home with the babies as the rest of us rumbled getting ready for church and then breakfast. I half heartily think Lori wanted to hang with Julie but Mom insisted she go with the rest of us.
After breakfast we all sat around for lightly dozing and chatting it up, of course I lay in my usual Sunday morning spot in the sun room reading the paper, fighting over the Ads with Jacks.
The Easter egg hunt was a riot, Camen drooled and bobbled around trying her best to hold her basket as Julie pointed to eggs. She quickly would snatch one up and plop it in her mouth. Kyle ran round and round yelping every time he found one, Lori had the good forethought to shake them and determine if they had money in them, if no she handed them off to Kyle. Mom and G and worked feverishly in the kitchen setting up for the picnic. We all sat down and ate once more as Lori counted her loot. Its dinner out tonight with about eight other families, seafood galore for us all. There was over 35 people in our group/family and cousins and members from the church. Giggles and jokes and pranks all around. My G was trying her best to get Jacks to talk to one of the girls in the church. She even made sure they sat next to each other. Emily is a sweetheart and so good and kind and wouldn’t let go of Camen but Jacks poked and plinked on Lori the whole night, I know where his heart and mind is and its not on Emily, good try anyway G. The camping portion is set for later since they came in so late last night. This again might be an interesting event. Scary stories and marshmallow treats with popcorn. It’s funny I remember doing this all my youth with my two brothers and now as adults we get to pass this fun on. Some day Jacks and myself will have the small ones to join in the fun. However, I can see Amy hanging out with us I can not see Jacks latest sitting out in the wilderness with the mosquitoes and listening to scary stories. Anyway, I must grab a a few items and ready for the fun of camping in the wild wild woods.