happy easter!

this weekend was filled with simple, happy moments

- pizza and beer with the nursing class
- "dinner" at big daddy's on fish river with two new found friends, ordered only appetizers: fried pickles, fried okra, and crab claws - had a few brews and listened to local bluegrass by the river under a full moon
- lots of walks with the dog, flowers blooming everywhere on our path
- waking up early to go fishing on sat. morning - went out to the bay house before light and got the fishing rods, walked out on the pier looking at the full moon setting on the water, it was so gorgeous, quiet, and calming.
- pre-fishing breakfast with more new found friends: bacon, eggs, and hashbrowns
- fishing on pensacola bay - catching a catfish, some stingrays, lots of pinefish, and a sheepshead
- scary little crabs that we used for bait getting out of their bowl and crawling all over the boat, just like a scene from an alfred hitchcock movie
- lunch on the boat - food is so good when you've been fishing all day
- driving home through all the strawberry fields, finding out about the strawberry festival in april
- easter mass at st. john's on magnolia springs with the priest who does everything, sings and plays the piano and speaks several different languages
- walking into easter mass and listening to the rosary - i don't think i've sat and listened to and prayed the rosary since i was a small child at st. rose - may and october are the months dedicated to mother mary and so we'd sit outside every morning when we got to school and would say the rosary together - it was such a peaceful and innocent time - i went back there today.
- easter brunch with my nursing school friend: french toast with hawaiian bread, blackberry sauce, eggs, bacon, and fruit.
- walking around the fairhope pier with cash and watching the kids play around the family easter picnics