The Harrisons Celebrate Spring

Spring starts with Brad's birthday. We celebrated while he was here visiting last weekend.We spent Saturday with friends whose son shares a birthday with Brad, giving us the excuse to have cake a day early!

Brad's actual birthday was on Easter. John and Troy came over for brunch.

And of course, we had another cake to celebrate!

Sirius was here too.

The next day, after we dropped Brad off at the airport, Allie went to the groomer. It's a rare event for her, but she came through it and even got a bandana to wear. (Though I don't think she particularly liked the bandana, so I took it off right after I took this picture.)

Meanwhile, Mary, Peter, and Jessa spent their spring breaks in (not) sunny Poland. This was Mary's Snapchat she sent from her arrival in Warsaw. Not your typical spring break.

Peter and Jessa got there first. They hiked in Zakopane and Peter made a snow bunny for Easter.

Mary warmed herself up on Easter with a hot coffee. She was supposed to travel with a colleague, but her travel companion got sick right before the trip, so she flew solo.

The three of them (and Jessa's mom and her friend) met up and spent a few days together in Krakow. 

Peter and Mary found a street that had the same name as the street we lived on in Warsaw. 

And they enjoyed something we partook very little of when we lived in Poland: vodka.

I can see that Peter introduced Jessa's mom to some Polish beer.

After Krakow, they went their separate ways. Mary took a train to Budapest and spent a couple of days there.

Meanwhile, Peter and Jessa and their crew went to Prague.

And with Jessa's mom along on the trip, they got some nice pictures in front of some iconic sights.

Back in St. Louis, Brad was in town this weekend so we took advantage of the time to have brunch on a beautiful Sunday.

It was such a beautiful day that John and Troy rode their bikes.

And then on Monday, this happened. There's no turning back now.