How long does it take to find 46 eggs?

We were invited to the Flaherty's house for Easter Brunch and an egg hunt.

Luckily, the sun came out in the morning so the kids could hunt eggs while it was dry this time. MUCH more fun!

Tracie hid 46 eggs for Kylah, Ivie, Logan and Kallie to find. Had I known there was money in the eggs, I would have been looking too.

The girls know I love pigs - Dylona found piggie eggs!

Logan scored several eggs with money in them.

We gave Kylah a puzzle - Jamie helped her put it together

The yummy dinner

What a great day!

Show 'em your stuff

I thought this was a great, to the point, post from the Green is Sexy blog.

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You try to find a dry egg in Oregon today

I told Dylona that I wanted to go to an Easter Egg Hunt with the girls again this year. Because it's Oregon, it rained.

It rained a lot.

Then it rained harder.

And it was cold.

But, there was candy!

Logan & Kallie waiting to start

Kallie didn't want the "dirty" candy

so I asked Kylah to help her

after her basket was full, of course

After the egg hunt, we found a dry place to eat candy, blow bubbles and play.

Why, you ask, do the kids have cotton candy too? Well...it was free! Yay, more sugar and smiling, happy, sticky faces.

an attempt to get the kids in one picture

Dawn & Logan - love this!

We took our muddy, wet selves back to the Flaherty house to warm up. The kids were wound up from all the sugar and chasing each other around the house.

So it was time for Auntie to go home.

Thanks for the fun tho - love you all! : )

1st Annual Brewers for Boobs

The 1st Annual Brewers for Boobs began on Thursday, April 1. This event was supporting the American Cancer Society's Making Strides Against Breast Cancer. Different breweries are offering tasters at local places downtown for donations. The bar/restaurant that raises the most in one night, wins.

How do you get new people involved with fundraisers? Offer food, beer and prizes of course!

And, I can't think of a better way to get men involved...put 'brewer' and 'boobs' in the same sentence. Voila - almost $1400 raised in one evening!

The first stop: East Burn downtown on East Burnside.

Jamie and I had dinner in the restaurant side first. I tasted the beers, while enjoying the food.

Then we went back to the tasting room, hoping to win a door prize or two.

No such luck. But, I enjoyed the evening anyways!

I'm hoping the other nights do just as well for this great cause.

Beautiful at 80

Jamie and I decided to drive down to Garibaldi on Wednesday to surprise Gram for her 80th Birthday!

Mom & Rudy were meeting at her house for Margaritas at 5pm. We arrived in Garibaldi at 4:55pm - perfect timing.

Gram & Momma

a piece of Birthday cake

and presents!

she was excited about her new 'booze bag' from Tam

"the party" - the neighbors joined us too

and then more Margaritas

before heading to dinner at Mazatlan in Rockaway

isn't he cute?

After dinner, we dropped the "old" people off at home and went back to Gram's house. We had a couple of drinks and talked with Gram for a while.

Such special memories I have of this beautiful woman.

Happy 80th Birthday Gram - we love you!

Color me crazy

I love Easter.

Coloring eggs, hiding eggs, finding eggs, candy and more candy.

I probably enjoying coloring eggs more than anything. My mom never really liked having us color eggs as kids, well...because...it's messy.

Makena and I decided to try the Tie-Dye coloring kit this year. Not really fun, but messy!

It's very much a "science" getting all of those colors in there with a small dropper.

Only one egg can be done at a time.

So we did normal coloring too. That's the best, I think.

Makena made an egg for Grandma & Papa.

Happy Easter!