The McCathran Family: Happy Easter!

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Happy Easter!

Easter has always been my favorite holiday and this year didn't disappoint! We spent Easter weekend in Oklahoma and had a family reunion of sorts with my dad's side of the family. My Aunt Tina and her husband Dave from Detroit came down for the first time since I had graduated from high school which was (gasp!) 17 years ago! I had only seen her twice since both times being at one of my grandparent's funerals so it was nice to just spend time together. Ryan's birthday was also this weekend so we got to celebrate him as well and have a big Easter dinner/birthday party. We had planned a cousin Easter egg hunt in the backyard but it rained so we went up to my parent's church and had it there instead. After the hunt, we played in the gym...we shot the basketball, rode scooters, played with my brother's lifesize Angry Bird's catapult, and batted with a pitching machine. It was mass chaos and so much fun.

After a great dinner my mom made, we all crowded in the guest room and watched an old video tape of my Grandpa Wally. It was on a VHS tape so we had to watch it on their old VCR. Grandpa Wally had his own talk show in Detroit years ago and we watched the episode where he took a group of senior citizens to Hell, Michigan. Oh, was it funny! Grandpa had the BEST sense of humor ever and it was great to "introduce" him to all of our spouses and kids. We miss him for sure! Not everyone's Grandpa had his own TV talk show :)

Another highlight of the weekend was taking Ty and the kids to the OKC Memorial. It's been 17 years since the bombing and it was such a pivotal moment of my senior year of high school. The memorial is beautiful and really honors those who died.

I am truly blessed with a wonderful family and loved every moment of the weekend. I love that my kids have cousins they love and that they love Oklahoma so much, too! Happy Easter everyone!