Happy Easter!

Started out Saturday with the three of us having a big breakfast at Toojays. (I wish we had one near us at home!) It was a lazy day. Kelly went back to bed after breakfast and I spent a few hours looking at interesting genealogical stuff about my family, like this Donovan family tree. (Clint is the one who got me interested in this.) Later I went to the Ellis Island site and found the coolest ship manifests but I'm not sure I found my actual relatives. (If you click to enlarge the manifest you'll see a Stanislaw Fornal -- my grandpa's name on line 7, but not sure that is actually him.)

Even after Kelly woke up, we spent quite a long time clicking on pictures and different pages through the family tree. Interesting, and funny to see some of the family resemblance. I learned a few things I didn't know before: My father's father had two wives and when he married Ella she was around 5 months pregnant with Harry, my dad's brother. Basically the Donovan's were a family of artists -- first house painters and then photographers. Here's an interesting blurb on the Donovan's early history:

This great Irish family can trace their name back to Donnabhain, the son of Callaghan, a 10th century Munster King. Donnabhain is composed of the Gaelic elements "donn" meaning "brown," dubh - black plus the diminutive suffix "an." The original homeland of the (O) Donovans was the extensive territory of the River Maigue in Co. Limerick where they were considered a noble race and named their stronghold Brugh Riogh which translates as the "Royal Residence." After the Norman Invasion of 1170, the (O) Donovans moved under force to south west Cork where they acquired much territory and became chieftains in Carbery. The family supported the army of James 11 in Ireland (1690). Jeremiah O'Donovan (1831-1915) called Rossa, the revered Fenian patriot, who went to America following his release from prison, is the most famous namebearer in Irish history. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of O'Donnabhain, which was dated circa 1169, in the "Annals of the Four Masters," during the reign of Rory O'Connor, known as "The High King of Ireland," 1166 - 1198.

Believe it or not, we ended the day at Toojay's (again), enjoying their cake sampler plate with mounds cake, chocolate cheesecake cake and carrot cake. At least they were fairly small pieces. Nevertheless, I won't fit into my jeans if I keep eating like this and not exercising as much as I do at home!!

On the Eleanor front, we are trying to forget that Kelly is pregnant and just go about our normal business. That's kind of tricky when her belly is center stage!!!!