We arrived at the beach cabin late last night, after Easter and Grannie’s birthday party in Castle Rock. We watched the new Fantastic Four: First Steps movie before bed. The next morning was beautiful and sunny early, but clouded over at 10:30 am. The kids slept in until almost noon, and after watching Star Wars: Rogue One, we headed to the beach. It was windy and chilly, so we lasted only 15 minutes.
Tor brought his golf clubs along to practice his sand game:
Jillian and Bridget were crowned as the champions of the raw egg toss for Easter 2026!
They outlasted some stiff competition on the final long-distance throw against Cale & Erika, with Bridget hucking it to a running Jillian for the clutch snag:
Amazingly, this win comes 20 years after Mom & Dad’s win, while they were dating.
It was a beautiful, sunny (and kind of hot) Easter this year at Grannie and Papa’s house. There were lots of new little kids joining the older kids. Taking a big group picture was fun:
After a potluck lunch, we had 3 separate egg hunts: 0-3 years, 4-18 years, and 19+ years. Tor was the winner of his age-group, finding eggs worth $50:
The older group found their eggs full of crafting supplies, and put together their displays; Jillian’s team of Dan and Erika were judged the winners (by the younger kids):
The egg roll was next, but all of us were out pretty early on:
The final event was the raw egg toss, with teams of Jillian & Bridget, and Dad & Tor (Mom was holding Grant so Cale & Erika could participate).
Unfortunately, the egg hit Tor on the fingertips, so it broke … but the girls fared better (see next post).
We met up with Papa Ken, Bev, Auntie Greta and Meagan at Omelettes and More this morning for Easter breakfast. Jillian and Tor ordered the usual biscuits and gravy, while Bridget tried an omelette (and liked it).
Cousin Hazel did all she could to wake up a sleepy Tor who had dozed off on Grannie and Papa’s living room floor.
The Woodruff kids have been spending some time at Grannie and Papa’s house, helping to get the yard ready for Easter. While there, the little Johnson kids came to visit, helping out a bit (and play):
Jillian racked up the victories at the track meet in Washougal, winning the 4x100m relay, 100m, 200m, and 4x400m relay. She ran the anchor in the mile relay, with the entire team cheering her on in the home stretch with a “wave”:
