Easter Sunday by Reagan

Aloha! or as I am learning down here in the south..... Hi Y'all! This is Reagan Elisabeth. Guess what I got for Easter. Yep, A huge yellow bird that I was afraid would eat me. Turns out it doesn't eat babies so I was safe.

That's Uncle Cody behind me. He got some little toys in his basket.

But it was after we got into our Easter Baskets that things got really interesting. They wanted us to Hunt for Easter Eggs. Something about a confused bunny that paints them up then puts them around for children to find to remind them of ..... Hmmm. .. I don't know what. I'll get back with you on that.

Anyway, the hunt started off pretty calm. Mom picked me up along with my empty basket and.........

we started picking up eggs that were hidden around the house.

We checked out on the balcony under chairs, in flower pots, all over the house.......

Pretty soon it started to get real serious with Uncle Cody and Mommy rushing around the house and climbing on things. She passed me off to Grandma so I wouldn't get hurt or in the way or something....

Giving me to grandma ended up being a pretty smart thing to do, because this is what happened when they were tied for eggs and mommy spotted the last one.

I want you to know that I was laying on the floor and I had a good view of what happened next, and my version has not been biased or influenced in any way......

Mommy saw the last egg and started to reach for it when.....

Uncle Cody ran into her while trying to get to the egg .......

I think it was golden or full of money or something they way they went after it.

They were both reach and grabbing and squealing.... I mean it was really, really,.....

funny, because...........

I know I had the most eggs!

Come on you two, break it up!

There, that's better.

Wow... That's sportsmanship for you. :-)
So, after the hunt Grandpa and Grandma made some delicious Golden Rod for breakfast. Yum! Then we got dressed for Church.

Here I am in my new dress and guess what?

Grandma and I kind of matched. She was in green, white and orange too, and I thought her shoes were really pretty.

But prettiest of all was Mommy in her new Jewelry the Easter Bunny left in her basket. Daddy is gonna think we're the prettiest girls ever!

That was my first Easter. I hope your's was just as fun! Love you!

Regean Elisabeth

Louisiana Springtime - Part 2

Reagan Elisabeth and Skye came to visit in March and she immediately stole Grandpa Darryl's heart.

It was so fun to come home from work and play with our sweet little girl. It was also nice to have Skye around to visit with and keep the conversations lively, especially on a political front.
Skye took advantage of our kitchen and had dinner waiting for us most evenings when we arrived home from work. All this time I have been thinking I have such a small kitchen, but to Skye it was quite luxurious. (She especially enjoyed cooking on something fancier than a hot plate and a toaster oven and doing dishes in the dishwasher.)

As for little Miss Reagan, she enjoyed her new Bumbo every chance she got.

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On Saturday, April 7th we visited

THE AQUARIUM OF THE AMERICAS!!

Reagan takes after her mom and loves looking at the sea life. I think it helped both Skye and Reagan adjust to being away from Hawaii.

I know it is an Aquarium, but they also have an insectarium and this great parakeet aviary where you can...... (you have to sing it-) 'Feed -the - birds' -

It was not quite 'tuppence a bag', instead it was a 'doller for a feeding stick'. Hmmmm...doesn't seem to fit the song.

Reagan would try to grab the birds when they were near. Skye and Cody had a blast!

I had a great picture up here of the albino Alligator, but then I hit the wrong button and every picture deleted. When I re-posted I forgot it. I will use it to start my Easter post next week. Until then, have a wonderful day. We miss all of you and wish you could come visit and enjoy some of this Louisiana Springtime!

Louisiana Springtime - Part 1

It's Springtime in Louisiana. The weather is warm, the magnolias are in bloom, it rains a lot and we have opened up the dome. Cody was the first guy on top. Never fear, he is tied off properly. The lanyard around his neck is his second positioning lanyard.

The men are building curbs on top of dome #1.

On March 10th Darryl, Cody and I all ran in the Ozone Spring Run. It was the Louisiana 10k State Championships and 2 mile run.

It was Darryl's first run in over a year. He and I ran the 2 mile race while Cody ran the 10K.

The before Picture of Cindy and Darryl. I did place first in my age group and was quite pleased.

Cody, on the otherhand, did fabulous. He placed 6th overall in the state and 5th in the men's catagory. (There was one woman who place 3rd overall. She has competed in the Olympic Trials and she is good.) Cody also qualified for a seeded spot in the Crescent City Classic.

We were quite proud of him.

We also attended our very first Crawfish Boil in March. Can you say DELICIOUS!!!!

This is the Cajun way... Dump it all out on the table and dig in!

Darryl and I also ran the the St.Patricks Day 10K on March 17th. Darryl did fantastic and finished with a time of about 1 hour 9 minutes. I finished in 1 hour 16 minutes.

Lots more fun to come in the next few posts. And also and explanation as to why I am home posting in the middle of the day.