Easter

It was a glorious day! The whole fam damily attended church (along with a million other people!). Then home for some egg hunting, a relaxing afternoon, and ribs and kabobs for dinner. All the photos are here.

Lunch is all packed for school tomorrow.

Dyed marshmallows!

We planted jellybeans the night before.

Passover Seder on Good Friday

It was an odd coincidence indeed... Passover Seder on Good Friday. But that's how our schedules worked out this year. We set the table for 17, but alas, 2 of 4 friends weren't able to make it. The menu included brisket, 7-layer salad, potato kugels, tons of matzos and good butter, Martinelli's and wine, and a chocolate flourless cake with whipped cream and fresh strawberries. And, of course, the Seder Plate with bitter herbs, etc. A feast indeed! As always, we used Prager's Passover Haggadah with various parts read by everyone taking turns around the table. We're getting reasonably good at this...

Flourless chocolate cake...

Sorry for the pi-looking Hebrew hay.
Thank you, Lexi, for the decoration.

Making potato kugels

That's right - it was a snowy day!

Comfortably getting started on Wednesday.

Blind Karaoke

"Blind Karaoke" made for a fabulous afternoon at the Compound! If you've never played, it's basically regular karaoke EXCEPT the singer does not get to look at the screen (at all), only the "audience" can see the screen. This is when you find out if you've got a real theatre family or not. We do!

Conservatory: Ensemble Concert

The Colorado Springs Conservatory held an Ensemble Concert tonight. They showcased a number of groups and performers. Antonio (roughly rear-left below) was in a couple of the numbers. Here's the entire group for the "curtain call"...

While the Boys Camp...

While the boys were camping overnight up in the mountains (Mt. Herman area), the rest of the fam checked out the new Dave and Busters off Briargate. Everyone seemed to be having their own perfect activity.

Lexi's School Conference

Had a great parent-teacher conference with Lexi this morning. Lexi actually drove the whole thing, walking us through the various projects and studies she's been doing lately.

We went to the Book Sale at the Library, too.
We got this book for her classroom.

Lexi's castle (which she refers to as "the pickle")

This was the biggy. Her Roller Coaster
demonstrating kinetic/potential energy.