Easter Sunday 2011

This year for Easter we had the privilege of having Rachel and Hannah visiting us for a few weeks. It was fun dressing Hannah for her first Easter Sunday in her finest attire. You are a cute baby-doll, Hannah!

Our Bishop had asked me to be the main speaker for our Easter Sacrament meeting, and so Rachel and Hannah, and Mary and Patrick as well as Nile were in attendance. It nice to have so much of my family together for Church.

After Church, we planned to meet Katherine and Wes in Encinitas for an Easter picnic lunch of homemade Kentucky fried chicken, potato salad, spinach salad with blush-wine vinaigrette dressing, rolls and a to-die-for chocolate cake that Katherine provided. We found a nice site overlooking the Pacific Ocean and spread our feast. We were accompanied by a bevy of pelicans who were enjoying the day by flying up and down the beach. They even deposited a few calling cards as they flew overhead! Nile especially enjoyed watching them and trying to have us capture a picture of him with the birds flying
above. Rachel and Hannah had a good time, too, even though it was chilly and threatened rain the whole time we were there.
But, best of all was getting together with family for the prepared feast. We had a great time!

All too soon it was time to say goodbye and head for home...Katherine and Wes to the south, and Nile, Rachel, Hannah and I to the north. Happy Easter, everyone!