Easter - April 4, 2010

Great Easter weekend spent with family and friends.

We spent Friday cleaning out the garage and making room for the playset from the old house. We're storing it in the garage until we can clear out the backyard to make room for it. Evan had a good time at YDA Skills training Friday night. He and three other boys worked on shooting the ball and I saw immediate improvement in his shot right away.

Saturday we got up and drove to Fayetteville to spend an early Easter with Grandmommy and Granddaddy. Thanks to the Twiddys' for a great lunch and dinner and lots of fun in between. Evan and Graham got Easter baskets - including cool Senor Frogs T-shirts from the Twiddys' trip to Mexico. The boys also got to dye Easter eggs and go on an Easter Egg hunt. After the boys found the eggs, they hid them for me and MB and we had a hard time finding them all. Also had a good time throwing the lacrosse ball, throwing the baseball and kicking the soccer ball. Full day and a couple of very tired kids for the ride back to Durham.

Sunday brought Easter and an early start as I had to be at church by 8 to help get breakfast ready for everyone. The boys opened their Easter baskets and Easter gifts from us before I left. Beyond the usual candy, they got some new bibles, books and clothes. The Easter Bunny must have had some good investments as he has become more generous than when I was a kid.

The kids hit Egg Hunt number two at church and then we all helped out in the 2-year old room as the normal staff couldn't work today. It was a good thing we helped as there were a few kids who missed their parents and needed some personal attention.

Went straight to Grammy's for lunch with the McDaniels. I got a quick run in around the lake and then we had a great lunch of ham, roasted potatoes, cucumbers and tomatos, green beans, corn, asparagus, fruit, rolls, and probably more food that I am forgetting. The 5 boys played hard inside and outside and did Egg Hunt #3. Maybe we should have had these guys looking for the WMDs in Iraq, because they found every egg hidden over the weekend. We also celebrated Aunt Molly's birthday wiith cake and gifts. Mom made a very good lemon cake with lots of girly flowers.

Finishing off the weekend watching "The Return of the King" on the big screen at home. Good finish to a great weekend.

Should be another fun week for the boys as Grammy, the Twiddys and Dad and Julie will all be here at one time or another this week.

Go Butler!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jimmy