Rusel and I traveled home to Nebraska for Easter and we had such a great time. I've uploaded a bunch of pictures to the right to illustrate all of the fun we had.
There were many highlights of the trip -- hearing Rusel teach Thomas all of the ways to creatively use the word "Poop" and watching Whitney shoot him dirty looks just being one of them. Jude and Thomas are growing up to be really cute, sweet boys and we had a great time with both of them.
Another highlight was Friday night. My best friend from high school, Angie, was meeting us down at the one and only hotspot in York, Nebraska: The Chances "R." Well, Ang had secretly arranged a little surprise get-together of a bunch of friends from the good old days. Cindy, Maggie, Bob Wiley, Kim Klone, Melanie Scheve, Ang and Aaron all came out. My roommate from college, Jim, also trekked to York from Lincoln. Seeing everyone together made me cry. It was such a fun night.
I won't go into too much detail about all of the shenanigans and stories that were told, but I must say that it was one of the most fun nights I've had in as long as I can remember. Having Rusel there was nice because it was a lot of my worlds colliding -- high school, college, New York......it's hard to believe, sometimes, that I graduated from high school 15 years ago.
On Saturday we celebrated my Grandma's birthday. That was so much fun, too, although I was really wishing I hadn't stayed out until 4:00 a.m. the night before telling stories and having fun. My Mom cooked a Nebraska-style feast and we all dug in. The funniest part was when Grandma -- who turned 85 -- was about to blow out the candles on her cake and little Jude beat her to it. You've got to be faster than that, Grandma!
Thanks to all of the people who made this trip to Nebraska such a special one. Oh, and I also was able to fit in a quick visit with my dear friend Jennifer (Hathoot) Rogers in Omaha before Rusel flew in on Thursday night. I must say that was a great time as well.
And that's why they call it "The Good Life."
