Happy Hoppy Easter

Easter Sunday started with sleeping in (and for some - recovering from migraine) and then heading to Mass.  Easter Sunday is one of two days the whole Samour clan attends church (the other day is Christmas Eve), so it's pretty special.  One of Spenser's best buds sat in front of us so that made it a bit more fun.  Here we are as we arrived.

After Mass it was errand time at Walmart, and then lunch at Filiberto's.  Once home, the family changed into work clothes and the Easter meal preparation began.  Sienna assisted Rob in the kitchen, I did household cleaning and laundry chores, and Spenser managed the whole operation.  Lasagna was our holiday meal of choice.  For some that may seem strange, but it's special to us because it's something we never eat.

Our yummy dinner consisted of caesar salad, lasagna, chicken sausage, and garlic bread.  Dessert included strawberry shortcake. 

Cheers to another great holiday.  I'm so glad the holidays are spread out.  Eating like this every day would definitely contibute to junky trunkies, and nobody wants that.  Unless of course you're Jennifer Lopez.

A Good Good Friday

Who doesn't like a three day weekend?  Obviously there are no hands up so I will proceed with my story.  The day started with sleeping in, always a great thing to do on a day off, and then to K1, an indoor go-kart facility in Phoenix.  Sienna and I attended this family trip for moral and tech support, as we had no plans on driving.  Rob and Spenser on the other hand, had dreams of taking the checkered flag first and bumping a few other cars in the process.  You know what they say - rubbin' is racin!  (By the way, Good Friday Eve started off with a bang as well for the girls - check Samour Sounds soon for more scoop).

The facility is very clean and quite nice.  Those kids are cute too!

First up to race was Rob.  Here he is getting helmeted up, not an easy task when you're bespectacled.

Here is the Deputy, #5, ready to race.

Look at the scoreboard!  Yeah boy!

Sure there may have only been three other racers, but a win is a win, so booh-ya!

Livin' his dream....

Here are Rob's skills in traffic.....

Not too shabby.

Here is Buddy, strapped in and ready to put the pedal to the metal!

Still looking good in the turn.

Check the leaderboard.......booh-ya!

Here is Spenser in action.....

Both boys made good showings.

They're both number ones in my book.  But we'll give the little guy the edge.

Happy Good Friday!

Hippity Hop

Spring has sprung in the Samour household.  As Easter nears, we await the arrival of E.B. (that's the abbreviation for the Easter Bunny) and isn't he adorable?  Can you believe that E.B. plays the drums too? 

How cute is that?  Just like my little bunny, or rather my little buddy.   If you haven't seen Hop, too bad for you.  It's cute and gets you all sweet on candy, cuddly things, and a drummer's big dreams of Hollywood.  Okay, shameless plug over. 

So we have some very special guests headed our way soon and we have been busy like little easter bunnies trying to get ready.  Rob had the air conditioning units serviced to make sure our snowbirds don't experience a meltdown, and is completing landscape duties so that the curb appeal is up to 6 Meadowview Drive standards.  Sienna and Spenser have even lent a hand by pitching in to build a new patio set.  We know how much our guests enjoy sitting out on the patio in the morning to read the paper and have their coffee.  We don't want to disappoint.  To further the outside ambience, we upgraded the decor.  Drum roll please............

Here is Sienna enjoying the fruits of her labor.  (She's writing war poems for an anthology due in Social Studies.....quite serious stuff)

The sight of this new patio set makes me want a strawberry margarita for some reason!  Tee hee!

Mony was the foreman of this job, since the Deputy State Engineer is so busy overseeing the Valley Freeway Transportation System and hitting the gym to stay svelte.  Building things can be fun, although I can only say that now that the job is done.  In the middle of it, it was frustrating and yes, even involved one structural error and one trip to Home Depot.  Well Grandma, Grandpa, and Tara - hope you like it.