a f(r)amily easter.

easterdip5 F(r)amily: a group of friends so close they are practically family; typically found in a military community or a small town.

Every year we do 3 holidays with the framily: Halloween, Thanksgiving, & Easter. This year, we met for Easter dinner at the Pfau's. It was different this year-for the better-because instead of crying over baby dolls, the babies we old enough to easter egg hunt & break cascarones! We also had my aunt & her significant other, Esther & Culley, come in from Texas to eat Aunt Betty Lou's Rolls and take in the North Carolina pine pollen. Here are a few shots from dinner this year--enjoy!

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Yay for juice cups!

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And tummy tickles!

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Sometimes I wonder how my mom lives with his crazy eyebrows, but they make us all laugh, so that must be how.

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Eggs, eggs EVERYWHERE!

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After dinner led to some crazy cascarones (a Mexican tradition known here as confetti eggs) & toddler wrestling!

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Anabelle has nothing but hugs & kisses after wrestling her momma!

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tess is graduating!

lvallen_tessSR_3 HOLY COW! You know you're old when you lovely little sister (still weird to say that!) is graduating high school & becoming a Tar Heel! I definitely cannot be more proud of her accomplishments. She is a strong, confident, & beautiful young lady who has the whole world in her fingertips right now. She is a talented dancer, a brainiac, and an aunt to the most spoiled dog in the world. Congrats for just being awesome, Tess!

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