Easter Monday

Today was a slow to start day. We must have been really tired, because we didn’t wake up until 0930! We hung around the room, reading and playing with iPods.

At 1230 we were on the road to the party thrown by the other Emma and Paul. Not the ones from Australia, although the ones from Australia are staying with them. 

It only took 30 minutes to drive, so we drove around on the country lanes. It was a very gray day today. About 45 deg F, warming to 51. Hardly any rain, though.

When we arrived, there were quite a few people already there. Jack and Dru were introduced to all the relatives, some we already knew

Two huge tables of food, the first with ham, prawns, Coronation Chicken, bread, potato salad, salad, quiche, and pate. The second table had the sweets, the large chocolate cake, sultana cake, cookies from Aunt Denise, very yummy, a lemon roulade, another kind of cake, fresh berries, cream, cheeses and water biscuits. Of course you know by now that every thing was absolutely delicious, and also way too much!

Eve and Aunt Denise performed a rendition of “A Spoonful of Sugar Makes the Medicine Go Down”, with Eve doing the dancey bits.

Jack and Jackal spent the time eating, and playing games on the iPods. 

After much conversation and laughter, Jack and Dru headed back home, not wanting to challenge her driving with the dark. They made it home with no problems, and are thinking about the Railway Museum for tomorrow.