Easter at the Ranch 2013

We once again headed out to my aunt and uncle's ranch for Easter this year, and as always, we had a wonderful time! Great food, good family, beautiful weather, and time to just relax and "be"...you can't beat it.

 Hanging out on the porch.

 Tryin' out the hat.

 Cousin Ash came in and surprised everyone! :)  We LOVED getting to see her!

 P playing with Ash.

 Takin' in the view from the porch.

 Pretty flowers.

 1 of the 174 times we played with bubbles while we were there. :)

 The best Eater egg dying party on record at the ranch.

 Took a short break to see "the grub found in the garden."  Sounded harmless.

I was wrong.

This is the stuff nightmares are made of (sentiments of a woman who handled Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches in her science classroom).

 Whit making an egg for P.

 Eggs ready to be dyed using silk ties...it works! :)

 Abby egg by Whit.

 G. Sue - the master at work.

 Aunt Jan and Ashy...

 Eggs in progress.

 Libby making a detailed egg.

 Elmo egg by yours truly.

 

 Blowing the vinegar out of the blown-out silk-dyed eggs.

 See!  It really works!  We used old silk ties that Whit found at a consignment store for $0.50 a pop.

 My silk tie egg.

 Final product.

 Eggs up close 1.

 Eggs up close 2.

 Eggs up close 3.

 

Eggs by G. Sue.

 Love my grammy.

 

 Easter basket 1 for P from Whit and Aunt Ann filled with his current favorites -

Elmo and cows.

 Easter basket 2 for P from Share Share filled with books, including two new favorites:

Peep and Ducky and Counting Cows.

Easter basket 3 from mom and dad...can you sense a theme?

 Papa helping P get some shoes on to go and play.

 Easter brunch.

 Yum!

 We never have enough food out here. :)

 Again, yum.

 Pretty berries.

 Boys around the table.

 P eating Easter breakfast.

The garden:  the scene of P's first Easter egg hunt.

 A "well-hidden" egg.

 Coming in and ready to hunt.

 Since the kid doesn't like sweets, each egg had one bunny cracker in it. :)

 Except for this egg that held an Elmo and an Abby...

 Find an egg.

 Immediately eat the contents while your adoring fans watch.

 Repeat.

 

 Repeat.

Repeat.

 Repeat.

 Get rid of empty eggs, as they have been rendered useless.

 A boy and an egg.

Yum...crackers!

 Checking out his singing, dancing, egg-laying chicken from Gigi and Gramps. :)

 Libby and Auntie Jan looking on.

 P doing some grooving while the chicken sings "Whoomp...there it is." (Speaking of her egg, of course.)

 Share Share helping to reload.

 P taking his turn at reloading.

 Happy boy.

 Strike a pose.

 Throw your hands in the air.

 Cheese.

 Playing with his new Abby and Elmo.

 A good egg hunt follow-up is playing in the dirt.

 Easter 2011..............Easter 2012..............Easter 2013

My how time flies! :)

Hope you had a wonderful Easter.

He is risen!  He is risen, indeed!