Friday, April 20, 2007
April 8, 2007 Easter at the Compound
It was a Compound Easter ! Let's start with this internationally acclaimed culinary masterpiece by Ellen Quinn, my niece, who obviously rules. It's an Easter Bunny cake. She should have put it on E-Bay or Craigslist - she could probably get about $300 for something like this:
Below is the Tedster. That's Ted Miller. He and my niece Katie are getting married next month. Ted was apparently given responsibility for the carrot-delivery program at Compound central.
The photo below is a great photo of Trace and Paul
Below you can see that Chuck IV was in charge of ham logistics. Paul's photosensitivity got the best of him in this photo (i think he's recoiling from the photo flash)
These were the featured drinks - Irish whiskey and beer of Irish heritage
Below is a good photo of my brother Dick and my Dad.
And below is a classic Easter portrait of the "Tomahawk" at the dinner table observing this joyous, yet solemn Catholic celebration. The Tomahawk is my nephew Tom Gannon. In this photo, he's (supposed to be) sitting beside his brother Joe at the young people's table.
Tom has a long history of non-traditional Catholic holiday role-playing. Take, for example, the photo below of Tom at his First Communion on May 1, 2005
Below is a piping hot dish full of Delmonico Potatoes; we just call them Delmonicos.
Below is Moi.... and my brother Dick. Dick surprised the family with an announcement that he had successfully traced our paternal ancestry back to late 17th century Northern Ireland. There was a large cohort of lowland Scots, including the Houstons, living in Northern Ireland throughout much of the 17th century. They call us the Scotch-Irish.
Basically, our line of Houstons has been in America for 10 generations now. My great, great, great, great, great, great grandfather was Samuel Houston of Londonderry, Northern Ireland. He came over here to New Hampshire in 1718. He settled in Londonderry, N.H., only a few miles from where I live now. I kind of sketched it out on a paper plate - click on the photo below to enlargen.
Hey one more photo - Below are two of my nieces. On the left is Mary Gannon, Kathleen and John's daughter. On the right is Abigail Hynes-Houston, Dick and Anne's daughter. In the background is the old people's table.
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