muncha bruncha

on our way to grandma's house!

every year on the saturday before easter my mother-in-law prepares a fabulous easter brunch. included this year was egg strata, various german meats and cheeses, this really great german ham salad which i'm not even going to try to spell, nice crusty bread, coffee cake, various pastries, easter eggs, juice, and hot drinks. as always, it was wonderfully delicious. yummm... thinking about it now is making my mouth water.

after brunch we had half our saturday left, and a beautiful sunny day. so, we did what every sane person in our area does when the sun is out, took off to a park.

it's always good to find a park with jetty safe toys to play on- we love this one in bellevue.

lucy told me recently that she doesn't like the sun, but likes the moon. and on a bright sunny day, in a very whiny kind of way said, "mom it's too sunny! my eyes hurt! i need my sunglasses". another time when she couldn't find her sunglasses, she opted for a stocking cap pulled all the way over her face. my poor raised in pacific northwest kids! despite all this, she is very excited to get at any park, and will spend the first little while literally just running in circles.

also at the park was a great looking walking trail. we decided to go and explore where this lead off to. we found our way to kelsey creek farm and park. not only do they have beautiful grounds with a great winding creek that john grew up sailing little homemade boats down, but they have a livestock area where you can get up close and personal with various farm animals.

technically it was already closed... but we were able to see a few animals. the kids were thrilled anyway. quack quack! oink! oink! squawk! we'll have to go back when the rest of the animals are out

as an added benefit- the kids were exhausted! they both passed out in the car. so, john and i sat in a taco bell parking lot, eating burritos, and watching a bunch of crazy, in a good way, people walking down the street dressed up for some sort of gaming/comic/sci-fi convention. we couldn't figure out exactly what the convention could have been for since we saw pirates, magicians (the prestige style), a french maid, and a whole assortment of cape wearing goth inspired what not. we should have gotten some pictures there!

hey! wait a minute, that's not one of ours!