Easter Earthquake

Easter 2010 was one to remember for a couple reasons. Starting with my leaving early for some work for a few hours and consulting with the visiting Easter Bunny to leave Ciara's basket and eggs on the table for her to find later when she awoke. Well, turns out our trusty hound knocked it off the table and ate ALL the eggs! The evidence was literally all over his doggybed - - the oinky!!!

Later, my Aunty Nora later would comment: "We will remember Easter 2010 as the one with the earthquake at Margie's"...

Alas, 'twas another lovely and priceless family get-together at my mom's for Easter Sunday a couple weekends ago. Visiting were part of the Northern Cal crew of the Simmons and Adler families - - with baby Esme making her debut. It was also my first Easter as a married woman and stepmom to Ciara after 2 years ago our making our Easter engagement announcement to the familia.

And, yes, there was a 6.9 Earthquake in a nearby Mexico bordertown about 100 miles away. Just the day before P, Ciara and I were taking a road and photography trip to Imperial Valley - right on the other side of the border where the epicenter was. Geez, we would have felt it a lot more out there... my prayers and thoughts to all those affected :(

On a lighter note, here are some videos of seconds after the quake - you hear my German brother-in-law Sven commenting with my other brother-in-law Doctor Joe. I did reflect while it was happening that if I was to die, I was okay because at least I had my family surrounding me. And I'm not joking about that..

click on slideshow below:

Easter 2010