- It is always a scramble to get out of the house on Sunday mornings. I did make sure that everyone was awake this morning. Lately, one more Anderson was not stirring when I called that it was time to go and another time, Reagan did the same.
- This morning I did lay eyes on all of the children, out of their beds, before it was close to time to go. Campbell and Keaton were up primping early, but Reagan, who does her fair share of primping, likes to wait until her sisters have left the room before she starts which slows her down in the mornings.
- I also tried to comb all of the boys' hair before we left. I was able to do this, but some of my boys need hair cuts. Maybe they like their long hair, I'm fine with that too-it will certainly save us some money.
- The kids also had their Easter baskets this morning. When the kids were little I would fill their basket with socks and underwear. However, that soon was costing me well over a hundred dollars so we scaled that back down. They did get an egg filled with money along with some breakfast items.
- We took the kids pictures before we did leave for church this morning. That did make us leave at the normal time and not the time we had wanted so we could get seats. Thankfully, our row was still there so we didn't have to ask anyone to move (kidding.)
- After church, we headed home to start on the Easter cooking. I had to make mac and cheese and corn casserole pretty quickly, but that all worked out. Soon Jason, Dana and Cash, Grannymom and Grandpa, and Nonna and Pops all arrived. With all of our food, we had plenty to eat and plenty to trade once we were done.
- Once our bellies were full, we moved on to hiding Easter eggs. We had asked the kids if they were ready to stop hunting Easter eggs, but we had no takers on that. I did do quite a few less this year. However, everyone still found plenty of eggs filled with candy, and most of the kids found decent amounts of money. Whitman found the least amount of money-1 dollar.
- My kids love their traditions so it was then time for an egg toss. I told we could only do it once, but we did end up doing it twice. Especially since I dropped mine on the third toss. Keaton and Campbell won one game and I believe that Anderson and Graham won another game. Whitman and I never had a chance. Reagan did not want to get eggy today.
- She was the first to leave this afternoon. She had to be at church before 6, and not long after she left, Anderson and Cambpell left for Rock Creek, Graham skipped out tonight because his stomach was upset-I'm sure he was just a bit stuffed.
- Robby was productive and walked on the treadmill while I was not and had my nap. I did get up from the couch briefly to empty the dishwasher so I could fill it up again with the next load.
- Soon the Wilsons came over for our Sunday night supper-tonight's theme was leftovers. We ate and visited until it was time to finally start the the week!
April 9, 2023-Easter 2023
April 8, 2023
- Robby and I had big plans to sleep in late thi smorning. However, Bentley heard the folks working next door at 7:10 and let us know that we were in danger. It took us a while to settle her down again so we could sleep for a little bit more.
- We were up for a very long time until any of the kids came downstairs. I did eventually text everyone to tell them that we would be dying Easter eggs at 1. Everyone was awake by then, and they all showed up to dye their Easter eggs.
- It doesn't take long to dye 4 Easter eggs each, When I was little sometimes I would beg until Nonna would prepare 2 dozen eggs for me to dye. If I did that for my kids, we would have 144 eggs to eat-I think that is a bit much. And as expensive as eggs have been lately, we could probably buy a car with what 144 eggs cost.
- Soon after our egg dying, Reagan had to leave for church. Today was an all day thing for her with Kingdom shows at 3 and 7. She had her backpack with her-I think she had school in it, but she probably should have filled it with food instead.
- Around supper, we ran a few errands. We first went to Sams to order a cake for Whitman's birthday party. Then to Taco Bell so Campbell could spend her gift card. Then on to On the Border so Robby could use his gift card, and finally we picked up Subway for Anderson to use our coupon.
- We have now all eaten, and the kids are starting to take their showers. I am settled on the couch with my book, water, computer and we are currently watching a tv show. (I still have to clean my kitchen and empty the dishwasher so I really can't get too comfortable on this couch.)
April 7, 2023
- I was fairly productive this morning, but when it became afternoon prouctive would not be a word to describe me. I was up before the kids and started off with my morning chores before waking up the kids.
- I walked Bentley while they woke up, and then we did our morning reading with Campbell, Keaton, and Whitman. Then Graham drove Campbell, Keaton, and I to Nonna and Pops. Cambpell and Keaton went to Nonna's for a bit this afternoon to help her with the bunny cake.
- While they were gone, I did some spelling with Whitman before he left with Robby for a hair cut. The goal had been to get all of the boy haircuts before Easter, but Anderson and Graham did NOT want their hair cut yet. I did trim a tiny bit around both of their ears, but I did so little that no one would ever be able to tell.
- Reagan went to work this afternoon and then came home briefly before heading to the Kingdom. The last time she was in the Kingdom she was baby Jesus. I have posted the picture of her (and also Campbell) when she was the Baby Jesus. (Reagan is the chubby one.)
- This year Reagan is one of the angels in the kingdom-if you blink the last second you will miss her! We decided to go tonight, they had a few kinks that need to be worked our, but it was all still wonderful. I probably could go and see it every performance.
- On the way home, it was late and we were hungry so Robby ordered pizza-from the wrong place. That was fine even though we had to drive a bit out of the way to pick up pizza. By the time that we made it home, Reagan was already home in the shower.
- We ate while watching tv. I am sure that the kids will stay up fairly late tonight-maybe I will as well. Though the last few nights, I have fallen asleep with my book in my hand. Robby had to take it out of my hand one night, and the other night he had to ask me how long I was going to "read" that same page.
April 6, 2023
- The other days this week, I am sure that the kids stayed up crazy late, slept in, and half way did the little school work that they had. So when today went fairly well-went to bed on time-ish, woke up by 8:30 to start on school, and completed the weeks worth of school-I was surprised.
- Everyone had quite a bit more work today than they had the rest of the week, but that is good becuase we just have 4 more weeks of school around here. Now, we do sneak in some summer school, but please don't tell the kids.
- Graham had his class today and almost won some bonus points. I know that he was bummed about not getting any, but really since his grade in there is a 97 he doesn't need any bonus points at all. Reagan had her class and she remains super ahead on her math right now.
- Robby picked Graham up, and he tried to also pick up his Sams order, but of course that came through when he did get home. Later in the afternoon, he dropped Campbell, Whitman, Keaton and I off at Defy for them to jump for a little bit while he ran to pick up his order.
- While we were gone there, Anderson headed off to Raymar to work for a few hours. Then Keaton, Campbell and Robby went that way too for their soccer practice. And finally, Reagan left for church for Kingdom practice.
- I opted to stay home since it was cold outside. I realized how chilly it was when I took Bentley for a walk and then when I went outside to practice some soccer and running with Whitman. I did walk on the treadmill for a little bit, trimmed Graham's hair (you can't tell that I cut anything though-I didn't want to mess it up) and I even made some supper for all of the folks when they do get home!
- Reagan just updated me about Kingdom practice-she was a bit worried that they may need another practice before the performance tomorrow. Hopefully, it will all come together!
April 5, 2023-The Masters Take Two
The longer that we are home, the more interesting things that Robby and I find out about what all happened while we were gone. Reagan ended up sleeping in our room two nights because Bentley slept better there. She also commented that our bed is small and our room is scary. That wasn't too interesting.
More interesting facts include Graham bought Anderson's half of the Subway sandwich for 1.50 plus another dollar so Anderson would play basketball. There were a few knock down fights about picking up and doing chores. Campbell even took Whitman's ipad away a few times, and there was a fit about someone's drink left in the fridge. And all of the kids have discussed Whitman's lack of running skills and inability to do a push up.
Thankfully though those were the most exciting things that happened while we were gone. When we did get home, I think that most school work had been done-though by Graham's text late last night asking when we were going to get home today, I would assume that most school work was probably finished this afternoon before we arrived.
We all left the hotel room around 9 this morning and zoomed on towards Little Rock. We stopped a few times and only had to battle the rain a little bit. It seemed that we hadn't been traveling for too long when we made it to Memphis.
When we did get home, Robby went to work, and I started unpacking everything. I think that most things are washed and put away and now I have a load of laundry to fold.
April 4, 2023-The Masters Take Two
Robby and I had to wake up at 6 this morning, but instead we woke up at 5 to go to the bathroom. He went right back to sleep, and I did not. I do believe that I eventually did the last few minutes before our alarms starting to ring.
We had about 45 minutes to drive this morning to get into Augusta. Once there, we parked and headed into the Masters. I did a bit of research-Magic Kingdom has about 60 thousand guests a day while today some people estimated there were 50 thousand folks with us watching golf.
It was all completely well ran and other than having to walk in the crowds, you often wouldn't know that there were that many people. Now, the men's bathroom line was always funny to Shannon and me. They had to have an "end of the line" sign and usually had to wait about 5 minutes while Shannon and I just walked in the bathrooms and then walked right back out without having to wait in line at all.
The weather was supposed to get up to 80 today, and it probably did the last little bit that we were there. I was completely comfortable the whole day long in my pants, shirt, and lightweight jacker. It was overcast all day long so we never really did get warm.
We walked around the course, saw the sights and some players including Tiger, Bubba, Phil, Adam Scott, and even some old guys like Fred Couples. The most fun was seeing them skip the ball over the water onto the green. We sat there for a good while watching that.
Actually, I take that back-the most fun thing was the concessions. Now, I had joked about trying all of the food, but of course we were unable to do that. Here is a run down of what all Robby and I did have today: for breakfast he had a breakfast sandwich (croissant, egg, bacon, sausage and cheese) and I had a chicken biscuit. For snack we had an ice cream sandwich (peach ice cream and sugar cookies). And now for lunch, I had a chicken salad sandwich (fine, but not great at all), and Robby had a bbq sandwich along with a bag of bbq chips and another ice cream sandwich along with a praline. (We did not try the egg salad sandwich, club, pimento cheese, and probably a few other sandwich things)
Now gift shop experience-I believe that I said it last year, but it was Disney-ish. Long lines, but moving quickly, lots of workers and lots of cashiers. Robby and I were in and out in less than 15 minutes. Now, we barely looked around at all-there were lots of things to ses, but you had to fight the crowd all of the time. Robby just worked his way up the tshirt counter (imagine a counter 40 feet long with 20 workers taking orders) and got his shirts, and then we found our way to the check out stand (at least 50 check out stations).
Around 3 or 4 we headed back to the car. There we had to wait a good while for the parking lot to clear out so we could move at all, but soon we were on the road to our hotel. On the way we did see one gentleman from the Masters (he had on a shirt) walking in a straight line for a police man that had pulled him over. We had joked all day long about all of the cups that the people were carrying around with them. By the end of the day, Robby and I were carrying 4 aroung with us-none of them beer cups though. Some of these guys were carring a whole place setting of cups with them.
While we were in the Masters, we weren't able to have our phones, so I don't really know what all happened this morning at home. Reagan, Anderson and Graham all went to school. The big boys picked up Subway on the way home. Reagan and Keaton took Whitman to soccer pracitce tonight. Now, they are all home awaiting the severe weather coming later tonight.
April 3, 2023-The Masters Take Two
Robby and I slept fine last night in our separate beds. I did dream a lot and think that I slept all over the bed. I am not sure if I move around that much at home or not-probably not, or Robby would tell me about it.
We ate breakfast around 8:30-and gracious, how the Holiday Inn Express has fallen. Their cinnamon rolls used to be the highlight of the hotel. And now, it was some prepackaged thing like a cinnamon roll/pop tart. I wish that businesses would talk to real people before they make decisions. I would happily be the "real people" to tell them to keep their cinnamon rolls. But if you know of any businesses needing a consultant, give them my name!
We then were on the road. There was a gas stop before the Buccees stop. Robby bought himself a boudin kolache and me a blueberry cinnamon roll. Other than that, we didn't really buy anything at Buccees. The people in front of us must have spent 300 dollars on their purchases. I am not sure what all it was, but there was one thing that I almost asked them what it was-I couldn't tell it was a mix to bake with or a candle.
Then it was back on the road where our next stop was Atlanta. We ate at the Dwarf House which was the first restaurant of Truett Cathey's, the founder of ChickFilA. One half was a regular ChickFIlA while the other half was a sit down diner.
Robby and I split an appetizer-ChickFilA fries with cut up nuggets on top along with a pimento cheese sauce and cilantro lime drizzle. It was good and huge. Then we also split a burger because not many people can say that they have had a burger from ChikFilA. Our sides were fired okra and cornbread muffins. So needless to say, we were stuffed after our meal.
Then it was back on the road with maybe another stop, but I don't really think so. Soon we were at our hotel. Now, we are just at a Comfort Inn about an hour from Augusta. I have never seen more men wearing polo shirts. I think that everyone here is going to the watch some golf. Even the man standing on the street corner and asking for tickets.
Meanwhile, back at home, the kids are doing just fine. I don't think that people really got up until almost noon. I had a few questions about school so I hope that most of it was finished. Also, there were a few chores comments happening on my texts so at least some of those happened as well. I will take what I can get.
Reagan had work this afternoon. And really I have not really heard from the kids much at all. I will request some pictures later in the evening.
The last thing we did tonight was run and eat Mexican. They had little street tacos that were yummy even though we were pretty full still from lunch. Now, I plan on finishing my book this evening while Robby watches a little bit of basketball.
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