Fast and Furious 7

With Parker - at the Avalon

The movie theater was nearly deserted because of the Badger game, so we had it largely to ourselves. It was the first Furious movie either of us had seen, and it was thoroughly enjoyable. Great action scenes. A great time with my favorite guy.

 Visiting my Mom for her birthday/Easter!

- at Southpointe Healthcare Center.

Easter Pics

Here's #TeamSlap on the way to Easter Vigil Mass last night. In my opinion it's the most moving and powerful Mass of the year, and it brought me to tears of awe (if there are such a thing) two years ago. Even the repetitive poetic refrain from the reading from Genesis is powerful. "Evening came, and morning followed. The X day."

Unfortunately it's also quite long and the kids grew restless, esp. Smiley. At one point I'd had enough and issued a warning better suited to the bar room than church.

"Really Dad? Really?! In church??" Smiley said.

"Then you know it's true, cuz I promised before God," I said.

******* 

Also, during the second reading (the parting of the Red Sea) LuLu, the consummate Avatar fan, nudged me and said "See? There were Benders in the Bible"

Goof.

Goldwater Button

 The newest addition to my collection. My first Goldwater and, IMO, quite an attractive piece.

Happy Easter

 Happy Easter everyone! Have a blessed day :)

 

 Congrats Bucky! #OnWisconsin

A rare intact horse skeleton dating to the Roman period has been unearthed in England. 

Egg Dyeing Pt 2

 Modeled after one of my buttons!

The handiwork of LuLu. A lot of it Avatar: The Last Airbender themed

Junie's work:

And my Godchild

Easter Egg Dyeing

Today is Good Friday, and as we have done since the 90's we dyed Easter eggs with the kids in our life, in this case our four and my Godson TJ.

YaYa  bought Smiley a switchblade comb, LuLu a pencil, Lisa a Rosie the Riveter tin, and Junie disappearing ink.

 A coworker at work brought this in for the holiday.

My bust of George Washington

 My YaYa is home from D.C.!

Here is the bust of George Washington she brought home from Mount Vernon for me!

Two Pics of Smiley

 Smiley, at birth and at 3 back in 2008.

 Ran into Smiley at the park - still as sweet and polite as ever!! - Chris Pl.

Eat

 A movie about a struggling actress who literally starts to eat her own flesh. Low budget and not all that good but by golly they're trying

 The WiFi on the bus sucks. But hello, Indiana.  - YaYa

YaYa Leaves for Washington DC

 Departure time. A cold, very windy sendoff. YaYa gave us each a quick hug, told me "don't die before I get back", and bounded up the stairs. She's somewhere in the windshield of the first pic.

BTW, another parent noticed YaYa had all "31" brand bags and said enviously "that should be my daughter." Lol

Have a great trip kid!

YaYa's Hair