The egg is hardly there. - Cecilia 

The boy's team looking for expertly hidden eggs... 

Believe it or not, it actually took the girl's team awhile to find this egg! The boy's team prided themselves on hiding the eggs right out in the open. And it worked! -Stacy 

As you can tell, we had a great time in Trenton, NE. Stacy has started a new project. She is collecting the histories of the Manley family. Both of my Grandparents (Leo and Cecilia) passed away in the last few years. The Stupka family has already done this for their family of 12 (that is 10 kids and 2 parents).

We read some of the stories while in Trenton, the histories that we read were amazing. Jerry and Rita both remember the blizzards in the winter season of 48-49. This winter season was a subject of a recent Nebraska Life magazine article.

Jerry remembers when electricity was first brought to their home. It lasted only a few days before the blizzard struck turning off the power. Rita told stories of milking cows and extracting the cream from the milk. The milking stool that Tristan sits (in one of the pictures) was probably a stool that Rita used when milking cows.

Jerry also told stories of eating sandwiches made of sugar and lard. It appears that fresh lard is better.

Fast-forward to Sunday night. Stacy and I were driving home. During our drive, Stacy played a game called Caribbean Puzzles. The game was developed by a friend of mine (Kostya) from Ukraine. I knew later that night or first thing in the morning, I would e-mail Kostya with suggestions on the wording for his game.

In addition to receiving an e-mail from Kostya. I received an e-mail from a friend in Israel who had seen the blog. I also received an e-mail from my friend Alex who know lives in Dubai.

It is an amazing progress of history from the emergence of electricity to the instantaneous worldwide communication.

I can only wonder what Cecilia and Tristan will see.

Uncle Phil hoisting up the kids 

This closely, a device to help calves wean or help cows wean calves 

Tristan and Zach attack (not really just moving dirt) 

Jerry, Cecilia and Tristan making Easter Eggs

Phil, Cecilia, Zach, Tristan and Cecilia look out of the hayloft. Stacy calls it a mow or moah or ask her. 

Rita stakes her claim. This device went around the cows neck to keep the cow, calf or otherwise from jumping or peering through fences. 

Look closely -  

Tristan on his milking stool 

Hold on all of you 

Hold on Zach 

Zach and Tristan tear down trees 

Believe it or not, 7 children and 2 adults rode in there 

Tristan, Cecilia, Zach and Phil in the tractor (hard to tell) 

Cecilia and Tristan gifting a lift 

Jerry, Rita, Cecilia and what is Tristan up to? 

Tristan finds eggs 

We are not sure what it is. 

Cecilia looking beautiful on a beautiful March morning 

Jerry finds Easter eggs 

Tristan fixes his plane 

Sandhill Cranes 

Delayed:

After Stacy was sick on Friday, we were delayed in leaving for Trenton. However, we are now on our way.

The pictures below are from the Easter Egg hunt in UPCO park in Lincoln Nebraska.

Enjoy,

Mike

Cecilia crosses the finish line