Sunday Morning

Erick and Siri like to read the paper in the morning. But apparently they don't like having their picture taken!

Siri and Mom Celebrate the Last Day of School!

Mom's last day of school was on Friday. I went out to dinner at Europa with some of my friends from Florence and Judge Eitzen. We had a wonderful time reminiscing about Europe. The next morning Siri and I joined my friend Natalie for a celebratory Margarita at Azteca. Luckily I don't have any finals. Instead I had papers due, and I only have one 10 page paper left that will be a piece of cake. I have so much free time on my hands that I hardly know what to do with myself. Siri helped me work on the gardens in the backyard yesterday. We hope to get all of the gardens weeded and plant some natural grasses in the back garden- which will inevitably mean digging up the tulips, but I think it will be the prettiest garden when it's finished. Erick and Neal worked on repairing our front steps yesterday. The have started crumbling to bits after putting salt on them this winter. The new brick pavers look great. We can hardly wait for our family to arrive for graduation.

Easter Sunday

We went to church at St. Johns Episcopal Cathedral up on the hill. It was a beautiful service with one of the longest processionals I have ever seen. The Bishop for Eastern WA was at the service and gave the greeting. Siri did great during the service and spent a lot of time looking around and staring at the people in the pew behind us. I have a sneaking suspicion that they were making funny faces at her during the service. We saw a few people at the service that we knew from school and our neighborhood. After service we stayed for coffee and cake, which they served on their fine china. I just love old Episcopal churches. Siri wore a dress that Natalie and Mike got her when I was still pregnant and we thought we were having a boy. Grandma Dorothy was convinced that it was a girl, so Natalie bought a girls dress despite the ultrasound results, and whatdayaknow We had a Girl.

Erick made an awesome Easter Dinner at our house. He grilled up some barbecue chicken, and we had shrimp, mashed potato's, and some amazing cheese courtesy of Neal's girlfriend Kate. We ended the night by playing a game of Oh Hell, and I kicked every one's butt. It was Natalie's birthday so we also had a homemade Coconut cake that was delicious.