Happy Easter! He is Risen!

Today we started out with Easter Sunday service at Christ Church, really close to Mrs. Kay's house. Paul used to go to this church when he was younger and lived in York, and also his Cub Scout troop was based there. Eve had been baptized there. He met many people that he had known from before. The service was casual contemporary, one with lots of audience participation, Dru's favorite Easter song was the first hymn they sang, Christ the Lord is Risen Today (the song Hap could not get on the schedule at home).

We had an extended refreshment time with tea and cups of biscuits, as Paul re-acquainted himself with friends from church. After church, Jack and Dru drove back to the hotel, and read and listened to their iPods, until it was time to go to Easter Dinner at Mrs. Kay's at 1445 local time.

There we met the other Emma and Paul, who were great fun! Emma is Paul Langstaff's cousin, and she is housing the Langstaffs during their York stay. The dinner prepared by Kay, and bit of helping by Len and Paul, was superb. The first course was a choice of melon, or pate on toast with butter. Next came roast beef, Yorkshire puddings, roasted potatoes, boiled new potatoes, leeks, carrots, cheesy cauliflower, and gravy.

For dessert, fruit salad, key lime pie, and blueberry creme brulee, with coffee. We all sat around the table, talking and laughing and eating, and eating and eating. Denise, Kay's sister, dropped by to join us for a bit. At 7:30, it was time to go, and it was amazingly so light outside!

Tomorrow, Emma and Paul are throwing a huge party at their house in Selby, Emma is counting on Jack Arnold to eat a lot! He says he'll help her out! Promised is a chocolate cake as large as a dining room table! A big task, but Jack believes he can accomplish it as he has many times before! Church snacks have prepared him for this monumental eating task that lies ahead of him!

The Easter Duckies in Mrs. Kay's back garden wish you the very best Easter, pointing out that is the only kind there is!