Easter 2010

We had an excellent time at Easter, spending three days with many of Ken's relatives at his uncle and aunt's home. Bonnie and Ed were, as always, excellent hosts. Easter celebrations included an excellent family brunch and the annual Easter Egg hunt in Bonnie and Ed's yard! Ken and I hid the eggs for the older kids, perhaps too well--three eggs were extremely difficult to find! The little ones found theirs much more easily.
Photos, mostly of the egg hunt, are in the album below--just click on the photo of Bonnie:

Easter 2010

For a few days after Easter, Ken and I were hosts in turn for his cousin Janet from Northern Ireland and her boyfriend Peter. We spent Monday in Baltimore, seeing Edgar Allen Poe's home and gravesite (just outside an appropriately dark and mysterious-looking brick church), the Constellation (one of the last of the US Navy's sailing ships) and a WWII submarine. Tuesday Ken took Janet and Peter into Washington for a whirlwind tour of the major monuments and other sights, including the cherry blossom trees just past their peak. We enjoyed getting to know our new relatives better, finding many common interests including music and cats (Ivan enjoyed the extra attention).