Easter pix for "T"

The easiest way for my daughter to access pictures is via my blog so I'm posting some pictures from yesterday's festivities for her...Hope you all don't mind and I hope you enjoyed your Easter...now back to work!

Team BBQ.....(Are you sure those shishkabobs aren't burning while you pose for the camera?)

A house full of girls....

Everyone is patiently waiting for the eggs to be hidden...everyone except Brissa. By the look on her face she seems totally irritated that its taking so long..he he

Uncle Rob gives instructions to the eager egg hunters.

Try looking down Brandi..you will find more eggs!

Vali took the pictures during the hunt. Which explains why we have no clue who found this egg..ha ha

Arro's first Easter Egg hunt and she's doing awesome!

Arro hits the jackpot!

Nana's homemade Easter egg pinata. We dubbed it the "Grateful Dead Easter Egg" he he

The spread! Yum!

Tickleeeeeeeeeeeee Fightttttttttttttttttt!

When asked her overall opinion of the Easter party, Brissa gave the "thumbs up" and exclaimed "IT ROCKED!" ...ok, maybe what she said sounded more like "ITOKE" but that translates to "IT ROCKED!" = ) ~

The grafitti on my bumper reads " Coconut tree wuz hea!"

Good Friday turned out to be a GREAT Friday after all...

I woke up early and started putting together the Easter prizes for the egg hunt on Sunday.

Then I headed out to drop my housekeeper at her Friends house. Out of the blue, this coconut tree jumped right behind me...

and left a little gift on my bumper...OUCH! Actually...I was driving my daughter's car, so it left a little gift on "her" bumper..ha ha (No worries T, I will get it fixed.again...)

Just when I thought my day was ruined by my little accident, I caught these people walking up San Vicente and thought to myself, "I'd much rather be in a slightly dented, air conditioned car then carrying a 20lb cross up a hill barefooted, in the rain." I admire their perseverance and dedication.

I took the kids and headed to Java Joes to have a much needed Cafe Mocha while the newly dented car got a good cleaning inside and out. I figured maybe Ulu wouldn't notice the dent if it was clean???? Maybe? Probably not..Mirika obviously was not in the mood for photos.

This is where I have my cars cleaned...they do a FABULOUS job and they only charge $10 for inside and outside. They are conveniently located right next to Java Joe's so you can have a cup of coffee and a bagel while you wait..

After breakfast we got some shopping in. I found cute set of Mason Jars at National Office Supply...Ever since Deece blogged about her Mango Jam I've been wanting to try making jam so I bought them.

After shopping I headed home to try out my Mason Jars. I decided on a peach Jam since I had all the ingredients as well as an easy recipe I Googled.

I sterilized the jars as instructed.

and I boiled the final product for 15 minutes..which seemed kinda weird to me, but that's what the recipe said to do..I will let you know (In another post) how it turned out...

While I jammed, Savali had target practice with my bb gun and shot at a dummy he drew on a box called "x"..he he.He did pretty well!! Shot "x" in the head and heart several times.

Mirika and Nashia were playing "Addicting games" on the Internet.

And Rachel Ray was grilling up some finger steaks..

For dinner we decided to head down to the all you can eat Seafood Buffet at the Fiesta Resort.

But not before we got in some play time...ping pong anyone?

Pool by the pool...he he

Go Mirika!

Vali was so into his game.

After a couple of games, I knew it was time to eat cause Vali n Ulu were starting to act strange.

and for some reason, couldn't keep their feet on the ground...

The seafood was off the hook! DELICIOUS!!

I call this photo "The AFTERMATH" = )

Ahhh....another GORGEOUS day...dented car and all!

Coo Coo Ca choo!

I finally caught "Across the Universe" on dvd.

I loved it! Ulu hated it...he was lost and confused with the story line, but then again, he wasn't really paying attention = )

If you love Beatles songs, I'm sure you will like it too..My favorite part??? Singing along of course.

"I am the egg man. We are the egg men. I am the walrus. Coo coo ca choo, coo coo coo ca choo!"

POW-AGHHH!

Yesterday evening in the middle of frying some ground beef for a taco dinner, the power went off...AGH! Unannounced, no warning and I'm stuck with a pan full of half cooked ground beef..yuk! It remained off for over 2, yes 2 hours!!!!

Today in the Guam PDN, the headlines read "DPW stripped of control". The story goes on to say, "The island's dysfunctional and mismanaged solid waste system is "beyond correction by conventional methods," according to a federal judge, who yesterday took solid waste operations away from the local government and placed it under the authority of a court-appointed receiver out of Virginia."

It seems to me that CUC is dysfunctional, mismanaged and beyond correction by conventional methods (or whatever method they currently are using).... Can the CNMI government be stripped of their authority over CUC and the court appoint a receiver?? Is this possible?? Would it help?? It seems at this point anything is better than whats going on now.

I'm adding 2lbs of wasted ground beef right under my 30" color television set (which blew out during a sudden outage a couple months ago) on my list of "Things CUC will never compensate me for destroying".

AGH!

My superhero = )

i live here

An 8 minute drive takes me straight to this view. I live here.

No really, I live here. I don't think you understand,

I LIVE HERE!!!!

and I couldn't LIVE like this anywhere else.....

Your life is an occasion, rise to it....

Yeah, I know it's only March, but this is my favorite movie of the year so far. I LOVE this movie! I watched it on dvd tonight with Mirika. She liked it too!

It didn't get very good reviews. Here is some of what Rodger Ebert had to say about it...

Hoffman has countless characters inside of him, and this is one of his nicest. Edward Magorium is very matter-of-fact about his great age, his astonishing store, and his decision that it is time to move on to the next life. He takes it all for granted. Portman, as Molly, doesn't think it's that simple, and she has the thankless task of holding out against the old man's certainty. The suspense, such as it is, will possibly enthrall kids up to a certain age, but their parents, once they get over the visual delights of the emporium, will be grateful the proceedings last only 93 minutes. That's about as long as this notion will carry us, or a little longer.

I would definitely reccomend you pick it

up at Blockbuster (or your nearest video store) and check it our for yourself!