The Cassaro Girls Have Boo Boos

Several years ago our dog(Kya) had a partial knee replacement, which is common for Pit Bulls. Everything was fine until about six months ago, when her scar opened up and began to ooz and a knot began to form. You can see the knot in the picture. I scheduled her for surgery and they removed ALOT of old sutures that were no longer connected. She has stitches and drain tubes. The next day, after returning home from church, I walked across the lawn in high heels, hit a hole, and fell on my face, breaking my big toe. The people who saw me fall looked away pretending not to see it. Who hobbled over the help me? The dog.

Easter and the Basket Hunt

A few years ago,when our boys asked that we discontinue the Easter Egg hunt, Leah said, "Look....I don't have any grandchildren yet....somebody's gotta hunt for something!" With that, she put on her thinking cap and came up with the Easter Basket Hunt. Hidden in incredibly ridiculous hiding places, the already filled baskets are attached to 3 scanes of yarn each. Everyone has a different color and must roll up their ball of yarn as it leads to it's individual hiding place. It takes about 45 minutes to hide each basket and longer for them to find.... going in and out of the house, the garage, off the roof, thru cars, the neighbor's yards, into the trees, etc. We also include Jeff's 3 kids (Jim's brother who passed away), so there are six baskets all together. When all the baskets are hidden, there is no other way to get thru the house other than to crawl. Big smiles on every "kid" (ages 16 thru 29) throughout the entire hunt. After all the baskets are found we end up at Jim's parents house for pasta and meatballs. And the conversation?....sharing old family stories and talking about next year's basket hunt.