Darling Sammie & Porter
Austin's big excitement: The Diaper Genie 
Austin really knows Sammie's circumference
Sammie & the DeBacker clan
hosts, sister-in-law and mom-in-law
Porter, Beckham. Beckham, Porter.
Easter kisses
Happy Sweet 16, Lauren!
Last weekend was a busy one. We had Bob & Peg Kirkland here from Thursday evening till 7:00 Easter morning. We said goodbye to them and then rushed off to the 7:45 service @ church...Praise God for His beautiful "saving" plan called Easter. Later that morning Al and I hosted Easter brunch. Thankfully I got all the prep done on Saturday night and everyone helped by bringing food for brunch. It was a fun time together with family and until the end, I didn't take one picture. Sheesh! We did celebrate both Porter and Lauren as they each had a birthday that weekend. Lauren turned 16 and Porter turned 1. Lauren was exhausted and Porter had an awful cold but they both soldiered through. We missed Jana, Finn and JJ as they stayed home to rest before a busy day with JJ's fam.
This past weekend, Al's best friend from high school & college came up from Chico, CA for a quick visit. Bob brought his great wife Peg,and together they brought some of their cool musical instruments. Bob and Al spent hours and hours together when they were young, playing water polo and swimming AND writing and playing music. After college they lost touch and Al played his guitar only occasionally. Bob however, became a high school English teacher AND a professional musician. He and his wife Peg and two fellow music makers have made several CDs and travel all over playing gigs. Bob is heavily into the mandolin and is called to play with different bands on a regular basis. Peg has a gorgeous voice and plays guitar and percussion. Needless to say, our house was filled with music all weekend and Al played till his very out of shape fingers nearly bled. He was in heaven! On Saturday, Al and Bob played a little water polo at the Kroc Center. Al hurt his shoulder and Bob threw out his back...not the young jocks they once were:-) We did some wine tasting and sight seeing and had a yummy dinner at Farm to Fork in Dundee. It was so cool to re-connect with these old/new friends. The 35 years just disappeared and we talked and talked and talked. We have plans to visit Bob and Peg in Chico and I know they'll be back this way sooner rather than later. So fun!
