Happy Easter!

Missy and Emily got all dressed up in their Easter Sunday best today. First stop was Aunt Marcy's kitchen on Knox Ave for brunch. Ki sch, strawberries, pancakes and more greeted them and Grandma and Grandpa as well, who stopped on their way to help get Danny released from the hospital (more on that later).

There were Easter baskets, of course, and pictures to be taken. (Please be sure to notice the coordinating purple shoes. And please click to enlarge the photo of Emily in the chair, below. It is so dang cute.)

Then Emily and Mom headed back to Shakopee for Mass at St. Mary's, and then down the road to Grandma's computer to do that other traditional, seasonal task: income taxes.

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Kathleen's brother, Danny, put himself into St. Joe's in St. Paul last Wednesday when he got suspicious of some heart pain. The front desk guard in his building tucked him into an ambulance for a bumpy ride to St. Paul. Since then, he's been tested, probed, drained, intubated and diagnosed. They released him today and his prognosis is good, so we're all very happy about that.
We immediately celebrated with Easter dinner downstairs in the hospital cafeteria. We laughed because we ate Thanksgiving Dinner at the same cafeteria in 2005 when Dan had his first cardiac scare. I would like to say that we all selected heart-healthy foods in the heart hospital cafeteria, but I can't. It was, after all, a CELEBRATION, you know.

It's all good. Dan was cheerful as we returned him to the condo this afternoon. He looked good, weighing less than 200 pounds for the first time in a while.
If Dan is really up to his old form, the guards can expect donuts tomorrow.

Thanks for breakfast and for doing the dishes, Marcy.