Easter photos:

Surely Blogger has been inundated with Easter photos over the past few days. . .so I guess I'll also do my part in overloading the system :). However, I will try to keep the captions, explanations and anecdotal sides to a minimum . . .

My parents had an Easter party at their house on Saturday and as part of it, there was a cookie contest. Grandpa was the judge. He made everyone present their cookies 4-H style (3 on a plate) for judging. You can see whose cookies are whose and what prize they won (except Jonny's because I couldn't remember ). (click to enlarge if necessary)The kids also colored Easter Eggs, had an egg hunt and had some relay type games. Fun for all :).


We've always thought that Tess looked like Tom's side of the family. . . but this picture (above) looks like my cousin Kendi. Anyone else see that? (and as always she's got crooked pigtails. . .any remedy for her pulling out her hair?) I decided to try to be a good mom and buy Tessie an Easter dress. (She's just got so many hand-me-downs that shopping for her just hasn't been necessary. . . . and since I don't love to shop, that hasn't bothered me at all :). I found this little white eyelet one that I really liked, but it wasn't the smartest choice since she's always into everything and making some sort of mess. . . oh well, it was cute for a few hours :).

And on a non-Easter thread. . . what do you all do for March Madness prizes? One year the prize in my sister-in-law's family, (Christine) was *not* having to tell 10 different people " (insert name) is the best March Madness predictor in my family." or something like that. In the past I know Dave and Julianna have had bets on who has to plan the next big date night. We've typically done a candy bar or a bag of Swedish Fishies but we want to change it up and haven't come up with anything good . . . no one won the grand prize of the millennium off of dishes for getting every single game correct (but I was close. heh). I suggested that whoever wins gets a week off of dishes. . .that has been bemoaned because Tom and I are in front and everyone else would have to pick up our slack. I'm really liking the idea, but we need some more ideas. . . anyone?? (no, this isn't a rhetorical question!).