Easter in Minneapolis

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Pastorius clan 2019

What a lovely Easter weekend! For most of my life, my Aunts Rita and Colleen have hosted Easter brunch. While we missed a few years while we were in Seattle, we make sure to make it now that we are back in the same state. Some years it rains, others years has been known to snow, but mostly we love when the sun is shining and it is warm and sunny. This year was one of those magical years of sunshine and family being together!
Theo and Josie
We had 28 members of the Rocheford Clan at Easter brunch at Rita and Colleen's new condo in Uptown. We were fortunate to get to rent one of the extra rooms in their complex for the night and hang out in Minneapolis for the weekend. Saturday, we helped make the decorations including dye eggs, paint some signs, color bunny cut outs, and make tissue paper flowers. We went scooting along the Greenway and around part of Lake of the Isles and soaked up some sun before eating Mexican at Nico's on Hennepin. Sunday, I woke up early and ran 10 miles around Lake Calhoun, Lake Harriet and Lake of the Isles and then we everyone arrived for a delicious brunch and egg hunt. Everyone was there (except Dan and Taya) and even the Easter bunny made an appearance! Afterwards we headed to Minnehaha Falls and the kids enjoyed biking around. It was a wonderful weekend and we are so lucky to have such close family and friends that we can spend time with.
Biking around Minnehaha falls with all the Rocheford "cousins"

















































Comments

  1. JoAnnApril 28, 2019 at 9:06 PM

    Great blog of a fantastic Easter celebration at Rita and Colleen’s. Wonderful pics too miss photographer.

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  2. UnknownApril 29, 2019 at 12:01 AM

    Looks lovely!

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