Family Photography in Vermont – Easter Weekend
I remember as a child the excitement that surrounded Easter weekend. Growing up in England, we typically got about three weeks off school, with Easter right in the middle. The tradition there is to give big hollow chocolate eggs filled with other chocolates or candies, and the line outside Thornton’s was long in the days before Easter Sunday. Easter dinner for our family was usually lamb with mint sauce, spring asparagus and new potatoes and was almost always followed by a trip to visit grandparents in Liverpool for more easter eggs!
We had to have a new outfit or something special to wear. We drew the line at easter bonnets, but there were still some families that went that far. It was the beginning of spring, a celebration of the end of the winter and the perfect time to spend with those you love.
We spent Easter 2013 with friends in Vermont. It seems like my kids have grown out of the matching new outfit phase (I have to admit, I am a little sad) and lamb was replaced by ham and a big easter brunch, but the idea was the same. We relaxed, we ate too much chocolate and we went for a walk with good friends and family.
The dogs were happy, the kids were happy and we celebrated the beginning of spring. April is also the start of mud season in Vermont – we celebrated that too!
Ella, a Bernese Mountain Dog, is completely at home in the snow of Vermont.
The kids were pretty at home too – they negotiated all weekend about how many clothes they needed to be wearing.
Yep – there really still is that much snow and they worked on that man sized hole all weekend!
Busted!!!! Declan hiding in the corner (behind the glove tree) to play with the ipad.
Judy is the reigning queen of cards so everyone wanted to see what she had in her hand…..
“Chillaxing”
Never work with kids and animals. Penny was in the picture. And then she wanted out. And then she wanted in again…. Doesn’t she look hysterical – kind of like she is springing along on her fuzzy legs! Mental note: call the groomer!
Final version – no Penny.
A rare Taub Family photo – thanks to Krista for that one!
Inger, a neighbor who also happens to be a massage therapist (how perfect is that!) joined us for brunch and a walk.
Yeah, I told you it was mud season! We thought it was hard driving up the hill in the snow last weekend, this was almost worse.
Happy Easter and Happy Passover to you all!
