Easter Day

Easter finally arrive - followed by yet another Easter Egg hunt. This time, the Easter Bunny had hid the eggs in the house (per Alex's letter to the Easter Bunny). Alex made a mad dash through the house finding the eggs. The rest of the day included going to church and a play date with Ryan at the Dinosaur Park.



How can she find anything in that room?



Found one!



The Easter Bunny brought Alex & Bunny matching dresses (OK - the dress was really for Alex's American Girl Doll).



Alex & Bunny in their Easter best.



Daddy & Alex make silly faces.



Mommy & Alex get silly too.



Bunny poses in Starbucks with his new dress.



Family picture, everyone all dressed up.



Ry-ry and Alex on the swing.



Do you think they are having fun?



Catching some air.



Reaching for mom.



Not sure which is bigger, his footprint or his smile.



What a face.

The Sikras come to town

Jim & Lori were in town visiting family, so we hosted the Sikra clan, their family, and a number of other friends. The kids ran around like banshees and had a great time tearing up the house (especially the basement) and left the adults to hang out and catch up on the latest Sikra news. We sure miss Princess Lori & Mr. Yim.



Yep, Corey is Jim's son.



Upside down Erin.



Lori, Corey, and Lori's dad.



The kids - Anna Cecelia, Sebastian, Alex, Bella, Erin, Javier, Corey, and Evan.



The adults get a picture.

Camping on the Ellipse

In an effort to participate in the annual White House Easter Egg Roll, a group of us camped out on the Ellipse of the White House to get the highly-coveted tickets. With our fearless leader Matt - Dave C., Dave Y., Kerri, Steve, & I gathered on the Ellipse of the White House with about 1500 equally crazed individuals on a Friday night. We set up the tent, the lawn chairs, and waited to see if we would be one of the lucky ones to get tickets.



Matt & Steve share a moment on the double chair.



Kerri is all smiles - only 9 more hours until we have tickets.



Tent city, with one heck of view.



Around 5:00 AM we got our "vouchers" - which meant we were guaranteed tickets, in about 3 1/2 hours.




Hanging out on our front porch.



Joe catching some sleep.



Kerri showing her spirit.



Dave gears up for the cold.

Keyser Egg Hunt

Jen's college friend - Chris, that lives near us hosted an Easter Egg hunt. Chris and her neighbor put on this annual event for the kids. While this was a neighborhood event, it was better organized than most Easter Egg hunts. There were ~1300 eggs and three different divisions, quite the production.



The crowd gathers at the start line (yes, there was a start line marked with flags).



Chris provides the instructions to the masses.



Alex getting ready to run with the bunnies.



Alex transfers some of her booty into mom's holding bag.



Alex checking under the bushes.



Mom supports from a distance.



The kids keep searching - note Alex beneath the tree.



Chris helps out her oldest daughter Ainsley.



Alex over-loaded with eggs, again.



Callie enjoys the spoils of the hunt.



Jen, Chris, and Mel.

Gathering of those Formerly From Onizuka

We had an impromptu Easter Egg hunt when some old friends from our days in Onizuka AFS came out to visit the Nance pad. Everyone had fun, even the adults.



On your mark, get, set...



Go! Bella hits gold in the tree.



Some of the ladies watch from the porch.



Erin and Sean grab some grub.



Erin & Alex build some blocks.



Bella enjoying herself.



Miki & Erin playing around.

Birthday dinner

A few friends gathered to celebrate Joe's birthday. Chas & Sara trekked in from Bowie, MD, Quoc flew in all the from LA (not really - but it sounds good), and Dave came all the way from Ashburn. It was great to see so many good friends in one place, on a school night no less. We spent the evening telling stories and reminding ourselves how small the Air Force really is.

The kids playing around in the corner.

Lucky Joe.

Acting their age.

Future card shark.

The fellas pose for a picture.

After dinner, the Yates boys came over for some birthday cake. Here Joe ponders his birthday wish.

The Cat in the Hat

Alex made a "Cat in the Hat" hat at preschool, so we were playing around with it one night before bedtime. Cote was the lucky one to be the Cat.



The Cat gets her hat.



Cat in the Hat & Thing 1.