and everything starts today

I've got the BREAD, now let's ROLL!

oh...where to start... well, saturday was my Great Grandma's 90th birthday party. Mom and I left early without the boys. They were going to the Nebraska Spring Game and were coming to Grandma's from there. Mom drove up through Hanover to see the Tornado damage. This one house was almost totally destroyed. All that was left was one brick wall. She let her eyes wander almost all the way up. I'll just say she saw a little more of the country folk than she wanted to (if you know what I mean...) We got to Grandma's sometime around noon. I'm really going to have to finish this update later, it has taken me way too long just to write this much...

ok so i'm going to skip the party because i'm sure Jason covered that. Jason spent the last minutes before we left stuffing his pockets with the bread rolls from dinner. I got three into my sweatshirt and we ran outside. My up-tight Grandma was getting into her car to leave so we both ran over and threw a bread roll in for good measure. I shut the door and exclaimed, "I got the bread, now let's roll!" I will admit that I didn't even notice the irony of that for a few seconds. Then I burst out laughing. That explains the picture.

afterwards, Jason and I went down main street to play frisbee. we played for a few hours with no interruptions. after all, it is a very small town filled with only old people (and the occassional meth dealer, as my 90-year-old Great Grandmother will tell you) who were planning on getting up for the Easter church service. that was some quality bonding time for us--I don't have to tell you that most brothers and sisters hate each other--our relationship is more of a mellow hating most of the time, with some days where we are civil to each other. our quality bonding time came to an abrupt end, though, when the frisbee went up over the firestation for the last time. I'll miss that frisbee...good times...but it was only three dollars from Wal-Mart.

The next day, I played with my second cousin Tori--the cute little girl in the picture with me. She has a TON of energy. We went to the park before lunch and played on the swings and on the slide. When we finally left, it was almost time for lunch. My grandma and Mose left before we went to the park. The rest of my second cousins left before long, followed by Tori and her grandparents. So my parents, Jason and I stayed for lunch with my Great Grandma. I wasn't feeling all that well, and when Mom and I left, I slept most of the way home.

When Mom and I got home, we thought the neighbors had new horses. With a closer look, we noticed that it was all four of our horses. A friend had fed for us that morning and must have latched the gate the wrong way. We have this really intelligent horse that can open gates if they aren't latched quite right. So Mom and I staked out the road and tried to round them up. Not exactly the welcome home we were looking for.

posted by Caity @ 4:49 PM