Easter 2012

I know… I’m just about three weeks late. Can’t believe it’s already May (tomorrow).  So I’m finally uploading some pictures from my brand new Canon that I got for Christmas. I’m in love with it and I’m trying to get tons of practice.

This Easter was great. I’ve always loved holidays. I love spending the time with my family and that everyone gets together. We spent the morning at church. I broke out the trombone and joined with some others to play along with the hymns. Then we went to my mom’s side of the family for egg hunting and dinner.

Loving this picture of my brother-in-law with all the eggs.

I love egg hunts! The kids are so cute hunting for all the candy and eggs. The adults have a great time pelting one another with the candy that is left over. Let me tell you… Candy being thrown at your head is painful!

Kids came out and the yard was swept for any sign of goodies.

My little cousins (the ones who hunted) range in age from 5 (now 6) to 14. The older ones still in driving range (ages 18 to 28) got really cute ceramic bunnies from Crate and Barrel filled with Cadbury mini eggs! The adults enjoyed the egg hunt just as much as the kids!

Eggs had to be sorted: Money in one pile and jelly beans in another.

After a delicious dinner (which included my absolute favorite thing… sticky buns), we went over to my dad’s side. They had some great desserts and company!

That was my Easter 2012. Who wants to have a town-wide Easter egg hunt with me next year? I think its sounds fabulous!

-Carolyn

 

 

…Maggie

For those of you who don’t know, Maggie is my dog. In my opinion she is the cutest dog in the world. I begged for her. I started wearing down my parents about two and a half years ago when I was a senior in college. It was not until Father’s Day 2010 that I finally got a yes from my dad (my mom was on board all along… I think she wants another one even now). I had some requirements before I got a dog… It had to be a girl and she had to be non shedding. So I got Maggie. She was the perfect dog for me from the moment I first met her. She is a Bichon- Poodle mix, weighs about ten pounds, and is pure white. Of course she annoys me, but overall she is amazing.

Some annoying things about Mags- She chews my pillows if I sleep too late on Saturday and Sunday mornings, she chewed through the wall when she was six months old, she hates it if you leave a room, she flips out when new people come in the house, when a doorbell rings on tv she thinks someone is coming in the house, she rings a bell to go outside and the pure noise of it makes me annoyed some days.

Some great things about having her- she is the quietest dog I have ever met (unless she thinks someone is coming in the house), she snuggles with me, she never bites even when I purposely annoy her, she gets excited when I come home, she is something to take care of besides myself, she hates it if you leave a room, if you say “Who’s here?” she automatically runs to the window, when a doorbell rings on tv she thinks someone is coming in the house, she rings a bell to go outside, I have random dance parties with her (no she doesn’t participate in the dancing).

Yesterday I took her on a walk. The snow is melting and is creating a muddy mess in the driveway and needless to say, my very white dog was no longer very white. This is what she looked like when she came home:

So I had to give her a bath. That wouldn’t be so bad, except that she HATES baths. You would think I am torturing her by the way she acts. And she is the UGLIEST dog ever when she is wet. Now I thought that people might not believe me so I took a picture. Seriously not cute.

Horrible.

I can’t morally end this post with that awful picture, so here she is all dry and white and cute again. Love her!

I’m off to play with her and drink some green passion fruit tea.

-Carolyn