We've had a great couple of weeks! Tim, Laura, Grace, and Holden came Wednesday and we did some sightseeing and shopping and went to the circus on Friday night. It was such a late night, but Corban and Grace had a GREAT time! Saturday we got up and traveled back to Kentucky. It was a long day and I was absolutely exhausted when we got in, but the boys travelled very well, so I don't have any complaints. After Marilou's shower on Sunday, we were pretty much at Mom and Dad's house the whole week. The kids rode their tricycles in the garage, played in the dirt pile from where Mom and Dad are building the house, played in the creek, and rode the tractor. We also celebrated Mammaw's 90th birthday! It's actually not until this Saturday, but we took her out to dinner and had a cake while I was in. I did not get to see Sherry, Carter, Max, or Kerry while I was in though. I'm still sad about that, but they were sick and we just couldn't take the chance of catching anything before we had to travel back to PA. We're going back in May for Marilou's wedding, so we'll make sure to have a day then! We drove back to PA on Friday, just me and the boys. This is the first time I've made the trip completely by myself with both boys, but it was great!

Corban had some major potty issues while we were in KY. He kept having accidents the whole time we were in. He hasn't had an accident in MONTHS! I'm assuming it's because he wore pull-ups while we travelled and just got used to that, plus didn't want to stop playing in order to go to the bathroom. It's been some better while we've been home so I'm hoping he's over that now. We learned that Caden and Holden are pretty much the same weight - maybe a few pounds between them - and a whole year!

This week is going to be pretty crazy. We're having a Dinner and a Movie night at church, it's a community outreach event. Johnny and some others are putting up door hangers on Tuesday, we've already put up flyers around town. We're serving spaghetti and showing The Blind Side. I'm keeping the kids and am really trying to make it more than just occupying the kids while their parents are watching the movie, and I'm dreading it! Next weekend we've got a revival, complete with Art Bush concert (yes, Jeff's dad). Johnny's Mom and Dad are coming in for that, we've got to take snacks over for both nights after the revival, and food for a pot luck on Sunday, plus meals for all of us here at the house. Oh, and did I mention that's all over mine and Johnny's birthday? Yeah, I already feel that I'm getting old, and that's how I'm spending my 30th. Can we get any more "old lady entertainment" as I call it? Oh well, such is life. Not like we had any other big plans! I think the week after we'll go out for dinner and to watch Ironman 2.

Tim, Laura, Grace, and Holden are coming today! They haven't been here for two years, and I love it when people come to visit us! It's always nice to see family when we go home, but it's also exremely nice when people actually come to us. They'll get here about dinner time tonight and they're staying until Saturday when I'm following them back to KY! We're taking the kids to the Circus Friday night, so I'm really excited about that. I'm sure Corban will love the animals and Johnny's never been to a circus either, so I'm interested to see what he thinks. The weather is going to be nasty while they're here, so that means we can't do the zoo or any outside entertainment, so I'm trying to come up with some cheap indoor entertainment options.

As I said, I'm going to follow them back to KY with the boys. I figured this was a good opportunity to not have to travel completely by myself. We have Marilou's wedding shower on Sunday and I want to get to Lexington to see Sherry, Max, Carter, and Kerry. Other than that I don't have any plans for my visit, except eating at Leono's as many times as possible. I'm sure my time will end up getting filled up with stuff - oh yeah, Mom will have Grace and Holden all week, so I think we'll be pretty busy! Well, I've got to get the boys some breakfast and start cleaning!

Ramblings

I don't really have much to say. The weather has been wonderful lately, so we've been outside as much as possible. We're thinking about going to the zoo on Saturday. We've got a busy weekend, so I'm not sure about that yet. Johnny wants to take Corban to see "How to Train Your Dragon" tonight. I would be his first movie at the movie theater. I'm not so sure about it, but whatever. Caden has been a little stinker lately. If he doesn't get his way he throws a little holy terror fit. Mostly he's such a sweetie, so this is really getting on my nerves. On the flip side, he's been very cuddly lately and I LOVE that! He climbs out of his crib now all of the time. He doesn't fuss, just wakes up, climbs out, and wanders around in his room for a while. I've cleared everything out so that he can't destroy anything or get hurt. We were going to buy a crib tent, but it didn't seem smart to spend money on that and then he would just get mad and cry. This way he's happy and still contained in his room and I don't worry too much about him.

Friday Johnny has a good Friday service in Turtle Creek, I've got to make food and do the bulletin on Saturday, and Sunday is our big day. We've got sunrise service, breakfast, and then regular service. At least we're cancelling Sunday School. Then we've got Easter dinner at Don and Bonnie's house. I had wanted to color eggs today, but if Johnny takes Corban to the movie that will have to wait until tomorrow. Corban did it last year and did a really good job, I'm not looking forward to letting Caden do it this year, but if I let Corban, Caden will be a mess if he doesn't get his hands in it at least a little!