The Great Easter Egg Hunt

Hope you had a nice Easter. If Jesus had risen on this Easter Sunday, he would have been shocked by the cold and gone back inside the tomb.
On Saturday we had a light dusting of snow on the ground in Northern Virginia, and we again saw flurries on both Saturday afternoon and Sunday briefly.

Saturday, Sean and I had the pleasure of dog sitting Buck and Makenzie. Payne, the cat, spent her time sitting on Sean’s lap and Makenzie stuck close to Sean so she could get a gentle scratch. In the meantime Buck was trying to get in my lap on the sofa and did a few somersaults which surprised both of us. We took the pack on a walk. When Buck sees another dog, he intently focuses on it and he plants his feet and looks on. Saturday, Sean managed to drag him along until he ran right into a mailbox. Buck that is, Sean was looking the right way and saw it coming. Buck knocked the cap off the post, but luckily we were able to put it back on and continue the walk. He’s not the smartest dog, but he sure is sweet. Then he spotted the pizza delivery lady. I was fairly embarrassed that I could not pull him away from the spot he stared her down. She froze in her tracks and I let her know that Buck is super friendly, just a little stubborn and apparently

hungry for pizza. We finally got him going before he trampled the poor lady.

Who can resist these mug shots?

After dog sitting we stopped by my aunt’s for dinner and to see my grandmother who is now in town from Florida, and then headed over the hills to my parents.

On Sunday, we waited for the rest of the family to join us for a big Easter dinner and more importantly, the Murk Easter Traditions, namely The BIG Easter Egg Hunt and the Peep Show. This is the second year running for the Hunt and Peep Show. What is great about our hunt is that no one under the age of 25 participates. It’s for the big kids and money is involved! Dad did a great job of hiding the eggs. In fact, after the first run, we had to go back out and look for 5 more eggs. There were a total of 40 eggs hidden, 9 participants. We think one is still missing and quite possibly stuck in the exhaust pipe of the car. Needless to say, I’m the Easter Egg Champ, and I got to confiscate Sean’s eggs.

The Easter Bunny sets out to hide the eggs.

The Murk Egg Hunters

After dinner we relaxed around the microwave and watched the Peep Show, hosted by Robert. We’ve seen it before, but it is still exciting!

I brought more boxes back from my parent’s house. In these boxes, I found many treasures such as my high school letters, my SAT scores, old report cards and much more. It’s amazing how many memories come back with these goodies. I am going through everything and deciding whether to shred, keep or sell! A few more nights and I should have a lot of my stuff organized.

Please send warmer temperatures!