Easter

Another Easter has come and gone!  The girls and I did our traditional visit to my parents house in Chillicothe.  Ron drove us to Jeffersonville where we met my mom and she drove us to Chillicothe.  Ron and his mom came to Chillicothe on Easter Sunday for dinner and Ron was nice enough to drive us all back to Vandalia!

WARNING:  Lots and lots of pictures coming….

Friday night we ate at Long John Silver’s and then headed to my parents house to hang out.  Saturday morning we got up and went in to town.  My parents and the girls surprised me with a stop in JC Penny’s for a new Easter dress for ME!  The girls picked out some dresses for me to try on and once it was narrowed down to two dresses we all voted.

I ended up with this one…

After dress shopping we went to lunch at BW3. They have the best salsa and chips!  Mmmmm.   Once our bellies were full we had to go Easter shoe shopping for Emily and me.  We both found some we loved at Payless!  Whew!

Saturday night my mom went to Easter Vigil Mass and we stayed home with my dad and dyed Easter eggs.

 

Sunday morning we woke up to find the Easter Bunny had been to G&G house!

Easter Bunny hid eggs with money in them!

After the girls went through their baskets we ate breakfast and got ready for church.

Shortly after we got home from church, Ron and his mom arrived!  The girls were happy to see Daddy.  My brother arrived a few minutes later so we all sat down and stuffed ourselves with yummy food!

Jesus Day

Today was Jesus Day!

In preparing for First Holy Communion, the children made their very own clay Chalice!  The chalice will be spray painted gold and Megan will get to bring it home on May 1st after her first communion!  An exciting day for 2nd graders!

The girls & me!

A sign…

Name one song…

That really gets you going!!!
As you may or may not know, since Christmas I have faithfully been working out 4 nights a week minimum.  This place has become my third home (work being my second).

I have become fond of this machine (minus the TV).

Some nights I fly through my time on the machine and other nights it is a true struggle.  Tonight was one of the nights I struggled to get through my 30 minutes.  Nothing good on the over head televisions, every song on my iPod was boring me until this song… I Gotta Feeling. 
(I know this isn’t the original version but I couldn’t resist posting.  I had heard great things about this performance and came across the video while searching for the original video.)
I can listen to this song over and over! My girls and I have sang this song many times.  It makes us happy.  It pumps me up and makes me move!  Before I know it I am moving to the beat and my heart is beating out of my chest!

What song pumps you up?

Ouchie!

We (Emily) have our (her) first “real” sports related injury.
Last night at basketball practice, one of Em’s teammates stepped on her foot and then Emily rolled her foot.  Her foot immediately swelled up.  Once we got home we propped up her foot, put some ice on it, and popped a few ibuprofen!
This morning Emily could not put any weight on her foot so Ron stayed home with her for the day while I went to work. This is what she looked like when I left for work.

I was completely worried the entire morning and didn’t get much work accomplished.  I made an appointment for Emily with her pediatrician.  She received the diagnosis we figured she would get…sprained ankle. The doctor wrapped her ankle and sent is on our way.
Oh and in case you care, I almost passed out at Emily’s doctor’s appt.  The doctor was twisting and turning her foot and Emily was wincing.  It was more than I could take.  That’s the reason I could never become a nurse!!!
Emily has been gimping around the house this evening.  She said it feels a lot better since the doctor wrapped it. I still get that “yicky” feeling in my stomach when she tries to put weight on her foot but hopefully that will get better along with her ankle!!!

Disregard the pile of pillows and blankets on the couch. This was Em’s bed for most of today!