Yesterday was Easter. It was a beautiful, unusually warm day for Cincinnati in early April. This year we did something a little different. Instead of a formal sit-down dinner, Tom and Linda graciously agreed to allow us to come to their home and we all contributed various hors d'oeuvres and deserts. It was wonderful. The second generation includes some quite creative cooks and their contributions must be "healthy". We all benefited.
A couple of the kids could not attend at this time, but Savannah, Mae, Ian, and John represented the "grandchildren". We all missed Will and Quentin -- but then there is always Christmas when we will have yet another boy added to the mix, thanks to Chip and Lisa. How my parents would have loved it!
We had an appearance by the Easter Bunny -- aka Don. The younger kids differed in their reactions, ranging from delight to fear.
Despite what is a less than stellar economy, the whole family seems to be doing pretty well, and we are blessed with healthy, bright and joyful children and grandchildren.
(I can tell you as a parent that there is nothing more pleasurable than watching your children parent your grandchildren -- they seem to do such a great job)!
The day before the entire family got together, Roland, Liz and Ian came down from Columbus. We decided to take advantage of the beautiful weather and try out the newly-opened playground at Lake Isabella. Ian loved it, as did we, and Bill (Pa-ga) got to introduce Ian to fishing. I don't know who was more impressed with the minnow being put on the hook -- Ian or Zippy.
Perhaps at a later date I'll put together a photoshow of many of the pictures from that day and include a link on this post. For now, I'll end with one last picture from the Lake Isabella playground. I hope that all of my family and friends enjoyed their families as much as I did mine.
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