As I mentioned earlier, I had a wonderful Easter! We went to Charlotte and stayed with my grandparents. (All except for my dad, who had to stay home sick) :( I love being with my extended family. My grandparents house feels like a second home. They've lived there since long before I was born, and we've lived in our house for 7 years. We got there Friday night, and then on Saturday we had a nice quiet morning. Before I knew it, it was two o'clock! I decided it was probably time to get dressed. :) That afternoon we went to my aunt and uncle's house for dinner and an Easter Egg hunt, along with my Aunt Julie, Uncle Al, cousin Courtney, and some family friends. We had a great time! Here are some pictures.
Me with my Aunt Elizabeth
Me with my Aunt Elizabeth
Granddaddy caught snitching jellybeans!
Before the Easter egg hunt
Jamey and Courtney
Preparing to play "secret agents" (don't ask)
Easter morning, we woke up early because my grandparents sing in their church's choir and had to be there for the first service. Mom (aka "The Easter Bunny") said she was going easy on the candy this year, but it didn't quite work out that way. :) The church service was really nice. I love going to church on Easter. It's so special. (I always love church, but especially on Easter!) When I was little, my brothers and I would always sing a song on Easter Sunday, (because my dad was a worship pastor) but we haven't done that in a long time. After the service we came back to my grandparents' house and had lunch. It was a very big lunch! It was all wonderful, but I think my favorite was the pretzel salad. After we ate, Will took a nap, the boys played outside, and I sat with the adults. When Will woke up, it was time for our traditional Easter egg hunt! I had filled the eggs with Starburst jellybeans a few days earlier, so we were ready to go. I love Easter egg hunts. (In case you haven't noticed by now, I'm a big fan of tradition.) I suppose I only have a few years left before I graduate from "hunter" to "hider", so I'm enjoying it while I can. We had plenty of eggs for the 5 of us, so it wasn't exactly competitive, just fun. Reed and Will had a great time. They are good egg hunters! We had leftovers for dinner, and then we had to come back home. It was a wonderful trip! Here are a few more pictures. I hope I didn't bore you to death!You can tell we're tired!
Lunch.... the picture is great of everyone except Reed!
I managed to squeeze in some knitting!
We're ready to go!
Zach and Reed
"Show and Tell"
Happy Easter!
(from left to right) Aunt Elizabeth, me, Nanny, and Mom
I hope you all had a great Easter! I did. Check back in a few days, and I should have some pictures.
I also finished "
You most likely would have laughed if you had seen how excited I got over each new color I pulled out of the box! I think the Mar-di-gras and Baby Ombre are my very favorites. Here it is, all spread out. 
All my NEW yarn got me curious about how much yarn I had total. So, I got it all out and counted skeins. (Only cotton, mind you, although I don't have too much of anything else.) I had 198 skeins! (Roughly, I already forgot the exact number.) I go through it pretty fast though. :) 
Kirby has a new love - bubbles! Dad brought some home, and he just loves them. I took a really cute video, but I can't get to work. Check back in a few days, and maybe I'll get it. Oh well, here are some pictures anyway. They're blurry, but you get the idea. 
For dinner, we had Twice-Baked potatoes, Vegetable pancakes, cranberry sauce, and Chicken Marsala. It was really good! (by the way, that's sparkling grape juice in the back!)
We have a "Heart Mobile" that we add to every year. We each make a few hearts with Sculpy to put on it. It's very full by now. :) It was a great party.
I went back and did the dishcloth dress KAL from September. I think it's so cute! It didn't take long at all. I used Lavendar Ice, which is one of my new favorites. 
The performances went so well! They all did such a great job, and I'm so proud of each and every one of them. Some of them were sick, my brothers included. (103 degree fevers!) Zach stayed home for the Thursday performance, and another boy did his lines. Jamey played Huck Finn, so he couldn't stay home. The first two nights, only a few kids were sick. Then came Saturday. When we got there Saturday morning, almost everyone was sick. Before they started, Crystal and I handed out cough drops, and we went through two bags. During intermission, they were dropping like flies. The hall sounded like a hospital! There was no way they could have done it on their own. It was only by a miracle from God that they got through the rest! To see them onstage, you never would have known that any of them felt so miserable, aside from a cough or two. Things went pretty smoothly backstage all three nights, no huge disasters, thank goodness! There were a few behavior issues, some of the little boys just couldn't stay sitting down and quiet. One stuck his head out of the curtain during intermission! Oh well, there's only so much you can do. I really enjoyed the whole thing, and I'm sad it's over. At least there's still the cast party to look foward to! Here are some more pictures.
