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It’s Easter morning, and for the first time in forty years, I’m not panicked about getting ready for guests or heading to brunch. The family is getting older, and they must establish their traditions. Years ago, we had a tradition of going to the desert, but now the kids and grandkids go, and I’m too old for it. Michele and crew are in Oregon, taking a look at Oregon State for Theo! We had brunch at home (see the website)!
Today we will have eight family members joining us, and on the bright side, we can have them in the formal dining room along with Mae West and WC Fields. Dianne and Fast Eddie, Robin, Bob, Nick, Kayla, and Greg will be joining us. We will be missing Connor, as he called earlier and wasn’t feeling well!
Not like years gone by! That’s OK, life goes on!!
We were up at 7:00 am, and I did the breathing activity, which I started about three days ago. We both worked together to make sure everything looked good.
We got a message from Vicky, all is going well after the “little accident”. We’ll see them on the 25th!
A trip to the market may be necessary, but my GPS isn’t working anymore!
We were invited to a neighbor’s home for an early “Bottomless Brunch,” and we were looking forward to the champagne, but when we arrived, we were sent back home quickly. Who would have thought!
Oops!!
My Easter prayer was answered! As I stepped into the shower, I weighed 199.5 pounds! Now Mary will call be wrinkles!
The arrival time was 11:00 am, so we had plenty of work to do to get ready. Mae and Mary worked in the formal dining room. Mae joked as Mary struggled with a towering stack of napkins. At least they always remembered one thing: when in doubt, say it’s a new trend!
They are an outstanding team!!
Everyone was here on or before 11:00 am. We visited and circled the appetizers for a while before heading for brunch in the formal dining room. It looked like a flock of buzzards!
Brunch is served!
The nine of us swapped stories and laughed and giggled for a couple of hours while devouring a terrific brunch!
Mary sat next to Greg and got so tickled with his stories that she was hysterical!
As the “adult end of the table,” we behaved… NOT!! WC kept whispering in my ear something about “How do you like kids? Well done!”
WC Fields kept an eye on us!
Giggles were heard for miles! Fast Eddie and Crazy Greg had a good time poking fun at each other! We enjoyed the banter!
Time to head out; everyone has other activities planned for the day!
Greg gave us his story about wandering-eye Rosie and their trip to the Music Hall in Los Angeles, we were all in stitches!
Mary was in tears!
After brunch, we headed to the backyard, and Robin and Bob hid the eggs from the “kids” – 25-year-old kids! Bob played the Theme From Benny Hill in the background, and some people just had to move! Mary has the wiggles!
The kids ran back and forth and found all the eggs!
They opened their eggs to see what was inside! No candy for the kids!
We send everyone home with bags of food; otherwise, our refrigerator would have exploded!
The rest of the afternoon, Mary watched a new Australian series, and I worked on the latest art bench upstairs in the loft.
We crashed at 7:30 pm; both of us were out like a light!
Wonderful memories!
