On The Exy Johnson

Thanks to Cubby's 'mentoring' help at QuikSCience, we got an opportunity to go sailing on a seriously impressive ship. 

It was sunshine and sea breezes galore! A perfect way to spend the weekend before a week chalk full of nasty exams. 

Cubs ended up getting a bit sea sick so he decided to take a nap sprawled out on the poop deck (is that really it's name?) while David (our friend) and I ran about the boat in the breezy sunshine looking at all the cool things. 

an unexpected easter basket.

My mom is superwomen disguised in adorable blonde wispy hair, pastel sweaters, short skirts and sandals. She never 'just didn't get around to doing something.' She's one of those people that is extremely busy, finishes everything by it's deadline, makes everything she touches extremely cute, and does it with apparent ease. 

For example? She just sent the Easter Bunny my way via USPS. 

Let me tell you something: there is nothing quite as joyful as receiving a parcel in the mail that has your mothers handwriting on it. Especially when you don't expect it. Especially when it is an island style basket full of Lindt chocolate and candy and your favorite type of pen and a little adorable chick that actually chirps and a plastic egg with $ in it.

I guess a lot of moms are like my mom. But I just get that feeling my mom is so much cooler. 

No offense to your mother.

Thank you Eater Bunny, you've made this drizzly easter that much brighter!

...surprise!

Somehow ...despite my family's natural tendency to spill the beans all over the place... we managed to surprise my little sister on her 18th birthday. 

I flew out a day before my dad and Leah picked me up at the airport so she could take me back to her apartment to hide out for a few days until Tessa's birthday for the big surprise.

...

What actually happened was that Leah and I drove directly from the airport to surprise my sister mid-lunch at Genki Sushi. We were too happy/excited that we couldn't bare to hide it [me]! 

...which kind of blew my plan to go jump on Tess while she slept soundly in her bed on her birthday morning. 

Maybe that's a good thing.

As for my Dad... he flew in a day after me and we managed to sneak him into the house at night before Tessa's birthday so she could get a proper surprise from him on her birthday morning. 

It really was quite a beautiful little family birthday, which is exactly what the birthday girl wanted.

The chalkboard wall of celebration!

As per usual... caught in the act.
[Didn't find this until I uploaded it.... sneaky birthday girl!]

The chocolate bunny is a family joke. It also isn't vegan. Opps.

Birthday Cake Pops! Courtesy of her adorable boyfriend, Logan.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TESSA! 

For anyone confused about the 'Happy 8th Birthday' signs... let's just say Tessa had a little 'fifth life crisis' before becoming of age. So we let her off the hook and called her 8 years old all day long :)