This is not a chocolate egg!

As you can tell from the pictures below, Andrew (along with Brian and Sarah) had a wonderful time hunting for Easter eggs. On Saturday night Andrew and Sarah painted the eggs and put "Car" stickers all over them. Then in the morning Andrew got a Easter basket full of candy, a book and sticker-like stars. Then, after church and after a long nap, he ran around the front and back yard looking for the eggs. Then to wrap it off he had an egg for a snack. We also had some friends over for a steak dinner, sweet potatoes, salad, spinach dip, garlic bread and chocolate and strawberry cake. Good times.

Pressing on a Sticker

Painting Eggs

Andrew Putting Car Stickers on his Eggs

Yucky Shell

Andrew painting, making, and breaking eggs.

PEEPS for BREAKFAST!!!!

Andrew found his first egg.

Hey, Daddy! I think I found something!

Is this my egg?

What is this?

The Egg is In Sight

He Found the Egg on the Orange Tree.

Ok, now put it in the basket.

The Egg is in Sight!

Distracted by the Red Bat

Putting all the Eggs into One Basket

Cracking the Egg

Bunny Eggs They Taste Like Chicken...

Andrew watering the plants

Over the past month we have made some force improvements around the house. The most major improvement was fixing the sewage line that was dominated by the pine tree in the front yard. The pipe was basically broke in four locations and was directely under a very old, but very healthy pine tree which was clay-cemented into the ground around 5-6 feet deep. Needless to say, in order to flush and drain anything away, we needed to get the pipe fixed. The landscapers came out to cut down the tree and grind down the old roots. The plumbers just finished today cutting the roots with a jack-hammer and saws. After the tree was cut down, the Oregonian in me needed to buy some plant life. So Sarah and I went to Lowe’s to buy tons of plants. Andrew really likes his new plants and has a great time spraying them down with his water hose.

This weekend we plan to finish the back patio for the new BBQ (a friend is pouring a concrete slab) and also till-up the front yard soil to prepare for grass seed. Our front yard is now bare from removing the pine tree, so its time for some grass. Although we witnessed the death of a beautiful pine tree, we are happy for the opportunity for grass and a working toilet. Happy flushing to all and to all a good-night.

woah... water.... wet...

New Plants for the New Yard

Breakfast in Bed

Trip to LA (aka: not our old pine tree)