We had a a Great Easter. It was a small celebration compared to Easter 2007 (one of my favorite day's all time..I'll get to that in a moment). Yesterday we had Wendy's Mom, Dad, Auntie Jill and Uncle Eric over for Dinner. Great people! The high lite of the day was the announcement from Auntie Jill that she is pregnant (due in Oct). This was very exciting news!
I also want to take a moment to pay homage to last years Easter. I love a big family and yet I have always been part of a fairly small family. It was pretty much me,my dad, my mom, my meme and my sister growing up. As we all got older, meme passed away, mom moved to Florida, Erin moved to Key West which left me and my dad in (at the time NH). Well a few years back after dad passed away I was the only one left in these parts. I hadn't been with my actual family for a Holiday in many many years. Now I wasn't alone either. Over the past 7-8 years I have had Wendy and spent most Holidays with her awesome family and of course by now I had a family of my own. The closest blood relative I had was my sister who had gotten married and moved to Philadelphia and had a family of her own. So every couple of months either she drove up to Maine to see us or we went to Philly. It was a lot of driving with some memorable road trips.
BUT I had an evil plan....key the evil laughter....how could I convince Erin to up-root her family from Philly and move to Maine and do the same for my mother in Florida. Well, turns out it was pretty easy. I didn't have to do much other than move to Maine. After so many trips from Philly to Maine the Moore family finally figured out that there is no better place to live than Maine. The land, mountains, beaches and the ticks were apparently very attractive to a family living in the suburbs of Philly.
So the Moores are now safe and sound about 5 miles away and it's great to have them so close. The final piece of the "evil" plan came into play last year when my Mom and Papa Gordo got a place in York ME (the next town over where they reside during Red Sox Season). They are just far enough away to avoid the screams of the 8 grand children and just close enough to the beach to attract all 8 grandchildren to their home on warm sunny days.
So this brings me to last Easter. I consider it the crowning achievement of my sinister plan. Last Easter we had the largest family gathering I have ever been part of. Just about the entire family was there ON EASTER! mhuuu ha ha ha h ha! Since then we have spent several holidays and birthdays together. Good Times!
So this morning I rise a cup of coffee in toast of last years Easter with the whole famdamily! Here is the picture from 2007:
Who is the 8th grandchild?? Hmm... Erin...do you have a secret love child?
Posted by: Wendy | March 24, 2008 at 07:49 AM
I love you Shaun! That is a great post!!!!
I especially love the Will is holding elly in the photograph!
HAHA!
Posted by: Audra | March 24, 2008 at 01:37 PM
Good times! That was a great day...let's plan it again for next year, same cast PLUS Jill & Eric and their little one!
...I remember Wendy promising me that if we moved to Maine, you guys would start going to church with me...that was the real reason we moved....still waiting for you guys on Sunday morning. Blasted! (oh...and basketball doesn't count!)
Posted by: t5m | March 24, 2008 at 01:49 PM
I have no idea who the 8th grandchild is. Maybe Erin is pregnant?
Posted by: K-Sea | March 24, 2008 at 10:20 PM
Ahhh, that post even made me teary eyed! That's so sweet!
I tried 3 times to e-mail my Easter pictures and it wouldn't work :-(
I think maybe the file was too big! Well, at least I tried...
Posted by: Kristy | March 25, 2008 at 06:37 PM
Jones, watch out, you may be next on the list!!! :-)
...I guess you'd have to VISIT first though, huh?
Posted by: t5m | March 25, 2008 at 08:41 PM