Easter 2008

Our Easter weekend was a very busy one but a lot of fun! We had an Easter Egg hunt at our church on Saturday morning and had fun reminiscing with people that we grew up with in the church - many in the youth group with us and we all have children now! My mom had all of us take a group picture which I hope to get a copy of soon from my sister to post and we blew that picture up and made a huge birthday card with that picture along with a family picture and had everyone at the Easter Egg hunt sign it for my dad! Rick surprised my dad and was able to come to Rock Hill on Saturday night for his birthday so we had a birthday dinner for my dad on Saturday night and then after dinner we dyed Easter Eggs! We were letting Will drop all the capsules in the cups and all of a sudden found that he had snuck one in his mouth! Luckily it was a yellow one and it didn't show up that much - we took him right to the bathroom to brush the teeth! After that the night was smooth sailing with the dyeing of the Easter Eggs! He had a blast doing it! We went to church on Sunday morning and took some pictures afterward! We then headed to Lancaster to my grandparents for lunch and had another Easter Egg for Will and Emma - they had fun doing this! They also got lots of goodies from my grandparents! Rick, Will and I headed to Rick's aunt's daycare center in Lancaster after we left my grandparents to celebrate Easter with Rick's family - the children had a blast playing on the playground at the center! They also had an Easter Egg hunt for them there and it was with money!!! They were all very excited about this! There's a picture of Will counting his dollars - he got 5! :) He put them all in his piggy bank when he got home! He got lots of goodies from Rick's family and Rick's parents also and he loved this! Rick loved it too because some of the candy was for him! Will got some "big boy underpants" from Rick's parents with Lightning McQueen and Mater from the CARS movie and he was so proud of them - he's already taken them out and tried them on! Hopefully it won't be much longer until we can be using them! :) Well....I hope that everyone else had a wonderful Easter with family and friends - I know that we did!

Here's the group photo that was promised....

Riverbanks Zoo - March 13, 2008

My sister, Elizabeth called me yesterday at the end of my work day to invite me and Will to meet up with her and some of "the gang" from Ebenezer ARP at Riverbanks Zoo today (3/13/08) and luckily I was able to work it out with work to go. We headed there this morning and met everyone there and had a wonderful time and the weather was absolutely gorgeous!!! We got to feed one of the giraffes, the goats and ride the carousel - Emma wasn't too thrilled about riding (she takes after her mom there) but Will loved it, as usual!!! He rode the tiger today! We ate lunch at the Kenya Cafe and shortly thereafter we all headed out of Riverbanks Zoo to head home or work (me)! Again....I had a wonderful time and so did everyone else! I'd love to do it again sometime soon! Here are pictures from the fun-filled day:

Rick's 30th Birthday

Rick's 30th birthday is March 3rd and instead of planning a huge party I decided to plan a "get-away" trip for the two of us to Gatlinburg, Tennesse (also where we went on our honeymoon)! Rick's parents kept Will for us so we could have a trip with just the two of us! We had an amazing time!!! The place we stayed at was called Leconte Landing and the view from our house was spectacular!!! The weather was perfect (a little rain on Friday but we still were able to head out to Cades Cove and take pictures). We went to a restaurant called The Park Grill on Thursday night once we got settled into our house and the food was delicious, especially the desserts!!! We went to Cades Cove on Friday and enjoyed seeing all of the deer, old cabins, mountains, etc.. On Saturday we headed out to Laurel Falls for a hike and then on to Newfound Gap and we couldn't have asked for better weather! God really blessed us with a truly amazing time! We hated to leave but were also happy to come home so we could see Will - we did miss him!