South Carolina

Proof of spring.
The Aiken-Rhett home we toured.
A bit of southern history.

The 170 item buffet we ate at on Sunday.

The place did not open until 3:30.

This resturaunt was right on the river.

Of course I ate a lot of shrimp.

Beautiful architecture in Charleston.

This is a church of course.

Fried Green Tomatoes.

Cool suspended bridge.

Myrtle beach.

Windy, but the ocean was a warm 70 degrees.

We even drove to North Carolina.

It was awesome to see and hear the beach

from our hotel room.

We went to church in Conway on Sunday.

Little did we know that traffic would take an hour

and due to remodeling (since July 2008)

church was held at a different location.

We went to the other location only to

find that that parking lot was empty also.

There is no charge for AWESOMENESS

It was AWESOME to have Amryn

decorate sugar eggs with us.
Notice the AWESOME lava rocks

bursting from the firery volcano.

There really is no charge for

A-W-E-S-O-M-E-N-E-S-S!

Pre-historic creativity.

Family Traditions- Sugar Eggs

Sugar eggs have been a fun family tradition in our home ever since Nani invited the girls and I to do eggs at her house 8 years ago. This activity requires many hours of preparation. Each egg shell has to be made ahead of time. First the sugar has to be mixed, color added, molds filled and then set to dry for hours. Then carved and dried again. We usually use three DOUBLE batches of royal icing to decorate the eggs. Once the preparations are complete the creativity is endless. It is amazing how everyone creates something more beautiful, more dainty, more creative and more unique than the previous year. The first time creators usually make the years favorites. This year is no exception. This year the outstanding egg awards go to Jennifer Madden Lambert and Ben William Frei. Both first time sugar egg decorators! Ben's egg 'Carrot-topia' is pictured below. Jennifer's Kung-Fu Panda creation and her Dino Egg will be displayed at a later date/blog.

Keep watch for postings of all the eggs decorated this year. We'll let YOU decide which ones are the best!

Creating an Easter scene on the inside.
Another one of the eggs Aurelia created today.

Celestia working on the outside decorations of her sugar egg.



An assortment of cute bunnies, bears and chicks.

This represents three DOUBLE batches of royal icing.

Sugar Eggs

'Carrot-topia' by Ben Wendall Frei
Sarah's precious egg

Notice the adorable grapes on the vine

Celestia created a beautiful rainbow in her egg

Details on Aurelia's egg

I am NOT a morning person.

Lexie and Andi-

Some people are always cheerful and smiley!

We all know that Karen is not the type of person

who jumps out of bed each morning

perky and excited for a new day.

But for the joy of spending hours on a bus

with young and talented people

she will brave the cold and the dark

and drag herself out of her cozy bed.

Laramie, WY

On the way to Denver

we were able to stop for lunch in a pretty park in Laramie.

We soon found out that the park

we stopped at was a tourist site closed for the winter.

The caretaker, Gary offered to show us around.

Gary took us into the old prison and told us the history.

This is a cool tree which was near the spot we ate
our sandwiches, chips and fruit.

A watchtower.

The Eyes Have It

So we already know that Andrea is BEAUTIFUL...

but add some glitter and rhinestones and she

S-P-A-R-K-L-E-S.