{"id":4189,"date":"2007-04-08T21:56:24","date_gmt":"2007-04-08T21:56:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=4189"},"modified":"2025-09-26T03:30:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T03:30:10","slug":"easter_at_the_g","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=4189","title":{"rendered":"Easter at the Gagnon&#8217;s"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>After the very crowded 10:45 Mass this morning, we spent most of the rest of today with Damian and Jeanne Marie Gagnon.&nbsp; As well as two of their four children, Philip (plus Philip&#8217;s friend Sarah) and Kathleen, and my mother.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the exception of last Easter, we&#8217;ve spent the prior several Easter&#8217;s at their house, which is about ten minutes away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The day starts with an Easter Egg hunt. To make things fair, in light of Tim&#8217;s being on crutches with a broken ankle, Joe and Kathleen had their leg tied up and also had to use crutches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/easter_at_gagnons_4807_001_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10406\" title=\"Easter_at_gagnons_4807_001_2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/easter_at_gagnons_4807_001_2.jpg 500w, https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/easter_at_gagnons_4807_001_2-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/easter_at_gagnons_4807_003.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10408\" title=\"Easter_at_gagnons_4807_003\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/easter_at_gagnons_4807_003.jpg 500w, https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/easter_at_gagnons_4807_003-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But after awhile, since Tim was doing really well in egg hunting! &#8211; the handicaps came off &#8211;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/easter_at_gagnons_4807_006.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10410\" title=\"Easter_at_gagnons_4807_006\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/easter_at_gagnons_4807_006.jpg 500w, https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/easter_at_gagnons_4807_006-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then the main event &#8211; a gigantic meal. That&#8217;s lamb under the aluminum foil &#8211; cooked on the barbecue by Damian.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/easter_at_gagnons_4807_009.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10411\" title=\"Easter_at_gagnons_4807_009\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/easter_at_gagnons_4807_009.jpg 500w, https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/easter_at_gagnons_4807_009-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That&#8217;s Damien carvin&#8217; the ham, and Philip, Sarah, and half my mother on the right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/easter_at_gagnons_4807_011.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10413\" title=\"Easter_at_gagnons_4807_011\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/easter_at_gagnons_4807_011.jpg 500w, https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/easter_at_gagnons_4807_011-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/easter_at_gagnons_4807_012.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10414\" title=\"Easter_at_gagnons_4807_012\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/easter_at_gagnons_4807_012.jpg 500w, https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/easter_at_gagnons_4807_012-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s Tom in Heaven. Two Gagnon women and an excellent cabernet!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/easter_at_gagnons_4807_016.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10415\" title=\"Easter_at_gagnons_4807_016\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/easter_at_gagnons_4807_016.jpg 500w, https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/easter_at_gagnons_4807_016-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/easter_at_gagnons_4807_015.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10418\" title=\"Easter_at_gagnons_4807_015\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/easter_at_gagnons_4807_015.jpg 500w, https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/easter_at_gagnons_4807_015-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s the dessert table. If you look closely you can see the white rabbit cake that Kathleen made and is doling out. And that I liked a lot!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/easter_at_gagnons_4807_019.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10419\" title=\"Easter_at_gagnons_4807_019\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/easter_at_gagnons_4807_019.jpg 500w, https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/easter_at_gagnons_4807_019-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After the very crowded 10:45 Mass this morning, we spent most of the rest of today with Damian and Jeanne Marie Gagnon.&nbsp; As well as two of their four children, Philip (plus Philip&#8217;s friend Sarah) and Kathleen, and my mother. 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