We had such a good trip home to Mississippi over Spring Break! It was just what our cold bodies needed. We were able to spend Easter with my family for the first time since Jack and I got married, I do believe. It was such a warm feeling to be back in my home church, in our home pew, with all my home people around me. Ain't nuthin' like it. I don't have pictures of all of us in front of the beautiful cross filled with flowers as my camera decided it didn't have enough juice! But trust me, it is a great picture!
We spent the rest of the week just having fun. Uncle Lee got a turkey, so we have our first Indian Princess headdress for Ellen Claire as Princess Mini-haha (spelling suspect!), as you can see above. She also would wait for Pop Pop to get home and say,"Would you like to push me on the swings?" or "Pop-Pop, should you push me on the swings?" How could he say no to that?!?!? He also helped Turner and ECP start some seeds that will be in full growth when we return in June. They let Pop-Pop do all the work and then had the fun of spreading the seeds!
Speaking of doing all the work, Meg and Will spent some good time in the yard picking up pinecones for pay :-) Daddy convinced them last year to pick them all up before he mowed the yard. So this time they came to him first! They didn't negotiate a fee (perhaps a poor idea considering they were dealing with a lawyer) up front but assumed he would pay last year's rate. He did, but this time "charged" a bucket fee, a working tax, you get the picture! A lesson in big government as well, I do believe :-)
Meg's favorite activity of the week was learning to drive the golf cart. It's all about the driving these days. She just took and passed her permit test, so in one month she can be behind the wheel practicing. I'm letting Pop-Pop and Jack handle this one. You can hear Will squeel when Meg takes off in the golf video below. The other video is of Ellen Claire and Turner sitting in the "summer"! Poor ECP, that's the only time she gets sun!
It was so very hard to leave. I keep begging (and that is not far from the truth) Jack to let me go back home for good! At least get me closer than a 13 hour drive or a $1000 plane trip. If we've learned anything from being in IL these past 3 years it's that family--ALL of it--is so important. We're tired of our visit being a big deal, something special and rare. We're ready for Nana and Pop-Pop to tell us that they're sick of having us around and to go to our own house! Maybe one day.
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