Great Weekend!!

What a terrific weekend it was, despite the unspring like weather. Andrew and Savannah came on Friday afternoon. Lucy Jo was here waiting for them. She has talked about it every day for the two weeks she knew they were coming.

It was a gorgeous day..the only day we had that weekend. I had so hoped that it would be nice on Sat. so we could go to Turkey Run. But no such luck. Rainy and chilly all day Sat. Larry surprised Andrew with a trip to the movies. He had asked Andrew to go with him to Danville to get an oil change. Andrew went, more to please papa because he really wanted to stay back with the girls to bake Easter cookies. But once they were on the highway, Larry told him where they were really going...to see Monsters v Aliens. Needless to say the cookies were no longer that big of a deal.

They eventually did go to get the oil change, drove out to the Wetlands..a favorite nature site just north of Danville .. and picked up pizza from Papa Murphey's for supper.

The girls didn't fuss about not getting to go to the movies as I thought they might. They had a good time baking the cookies and bagging them up in pretty Easter bags to take home for all the rest of their families.

As hard as I try to get them bed at a decent hour tho, it doesn't always work. They are usually in bed at the designated hour but watching a movie or tv program doesn't always get them to sleep at the best time. I usually rationalize it by telling myself that since they didn't really wear themselves out during the day...like they do in the summer time...then they can stay up a little longer. Summer is really hard! When it doesn't even get dark until 10pm here in Indiana !

We headed for Bloomington on Sunday after church to take them back home. Halen got to go with us:) yeah!! That was a pleasant surprise. We didn't think he'd be back home from his dad's until Sunday evening but he came back on Sat. afternoon. We missed all the big snow..thank goodness. Bloomington had a few inches but was melted by the time we got there.

Stopped in Champaign for lunch and was going to do a little shopping but decided that it would be easier to do it on the way home with only 2 kids in tow:) Of course we had to stop for ice cream at the Dairy Queen in St. Joe then went for a little drive thru the Pollywogs. It's so nice there. We can't wait for the Dairy Barn in west Danville to open up..next weekend!! It is the best!!! zillions times better than Custard Cup!!

Our next opportunity to have the kids for a long weekend, hopefully longer, will be in late June..carnival time at the park and 4th of July celebration!! That's become a nice tradition for all of us. Small town but fun.

Till next time...