A day in the life of President Bush (4/8/07): photos, incl. 2007 State eggs & Faberge eggs

WhiteHouse.gov, Yahoo News & Faberge egg site ^ | 4/8/07

[Wolfstar]

PRESIDENTIAL NEWS OF THE DAY: President and Mrs. Bush attended Easter morning services at Fr. Hood, Texas, today. The were accompanied by former President George H.W. Bush, former First Lady Barbara Bush, and Mrs. Jenna Welch, the current First Lady's mother. GHWB and Barbara's dog, Sadie, accompanied the family on the helicopter ride from Crawford and stayed in the limo while they attended services.

The family's Easter dinner menu at the ranch included fire-glazed ham, green chili cheese grits souffle, roasted orange molasses sweet potatoes, roasted asparagus, coconut cake and ice cream.

[Wolfstar]

Link to a video of the President's brief statement thanking our troops.

[Wolfstar]

Pinging you to an Easter Sunday Dose with photos of the first family and lots of beautiful 2007 State eggs and Faberge eggs.

[Jemian]

Happy Easter!

[Jemian]

YES!

[tsmith130]

Top ten?

[Wolfstar]

PHOTO OF THE DAY: President Bush and the First Lady with Poppy, Barbara and Laura's mom, Jenna -- and Sadie, Poppy and Barbara's dog. The family had just arrived at Fort Hood, Texas for Easter Sunday services.

[Wolfstar]

The President directs Sadie to the limo carrying his mom and dad. :)

The story of the White House Easter Egg Roll is one of the oldest and most unique traditions in presidential history. Learn more...

[Wolfstar]

Don't know what the menfolk were pointing at here, but think it's funny they were pointing in different directions. ;-)

A moment or two later, and Mrs. Bush descends the steps while her husband and son look to their right. GWB does not look pleased. My best guess is that the limos were not as close as the President wanted them to be -- his father having recently had a 2nd hip replacement surgery. The weather was cold and the footing was probably not as secure as GWB would have liked for his dad.

[Wolfstar]

In this one, the former president points to someone in the press pool he recognized.

[Wolfstar]

Happy Easter everyone.

[Wolfstar]

The President seemed in a lighter mood after attending Easter services, but you can see the slippery conditions in this photo.

So it's understandable that the son would be concerned for his three elderly family members, especially dad who had hip-replacement surgery not long ago. Notice that he exited the church first and seems to be checking out the limos -- even seemed a little on the warpath, LOL!

[Wolfstar]

GWB laughs as his dad jokes with the press corps.

[Wolfstar]

A father and son handshake.

[maxwellp]

Who is the dog to the right of President Bush?

[Wolfstar]

The President, with the First Lady at his side, spoke briefly with the media. A link to a video of his remarks is in Post #1.

[Kaslin]

[Wolfstar]

President Bush and his father pose for a picture with U.S. Army Sargeant Shanika Hampton following an Easter Sunday morning church service at Fort Hood

[Wolfstar]

Mrs. Laura Bush stands next to 50 State Eggs decorated by artists from each state and one from the District of Columbia, April 3, 2007, at the White House Visitor Center. The tradition of the State Egg Display for Easter began in 1994. Each year the artists vote amongst themselves to select the artist to create the following year’s commemorative egg which is presented to the President and First Lady.

Here is a link to the page at the White House website that has links to photos of each 2007 State Egg.

[mystery-ak]

Wonderful pics tonight Wolfstar...thank you very much and Happy Easter.

[Wolfstar]

Here are the prettiest (in my opinion) 2007 State Eggs. Click on the link in my previous post to see your state's egg.

The Texas egg.

The Arizona egg.

The California egg.