So yesterday was the annual family get together for Good Friday! And as I mentioned in my last post I was able to go, for my nice manager changed my schedule!! :D So...
"Beep Beep... Beep Beep... Beep Beep..." My watch alarm went off at 7AM, I had to quickly get ready for work in a short 15 minutes(this includes dressing, makeup, instant breakfast, packing lunch, shoes, lock the door, and start the car!). After working for a couple hours I had my first break, and they fed us salad and mac n cheese! So I had a better "brunch" than I normally would have had. I did not get a credit yesterday, but all in all it was a very pleasant day. Mom and Vic came around 9:30 shopped for my cousin's B-day present, and left it with me. I was to buy it when they came back to pick me up. They took my car home, and we drove collectively to my Aunt's house!
Upon arriving at my Aunt's house I did the following:
1. Ate Lunch!! (slice of ham, cheesy potatoes *two helpings*, orange pop *decaf*, green beans, and cucumber slices) I sat with all my cousins, and one of my cousin's girlfriend's was there, so all in all there were ten of us sitting at this table made for at the very most 6! Now that we are older and all the "little" cousins have grown up it isn't as easy to fit us all around that table! :) But I wouldn't change it for anything! After eating we colored/drew on a huge piece of paper that is always in the middle of the table. Usually we sign our name and make a doodle pertaining to the season. And we visited a little.
2. Game 1: Scavenger hunt. We had to search for the following items (and for those of you who don't know my Aunt lives on a HUGE property, so woods, hay fields, giant yard, etc...) I will try to quote the list: Maple leaf, Oak leaf, yellow flower, blue flower, bone, tooth, antler, mushroom, pencil (she planted the pencils in a hay bale), plastic egg with a smiley face (she planted these too and we were not allowed to open the eggs 'til we were finished with the scavenger hunt), white rock, FEATHER (I added this one, but every other year it has been on the list and I could never find one. This time I found 2 and it wasn't on the list!), flint... I think that was it... While searching we stumbled upon a piece of paper that had a clue on it (I'll tell you what it said later), We finally decided that it had to go with another game that we would be playing later... We found almost everything on the list but the eggs... I figured that they were very important, so when everyone else was about to give up looking I and Z went off to find them. We ran towards what they call the T field, and found them laying on the edge of the woods! We grabbed three (one for me, Z, and Vic) and took them back to the porch and sent the rest of them to get their own...
3. Game 2: Inside the egg we found a clue/note that said, "SS find me on the bus seat." So a group of us (Me, Vic, P, Al, Ab, and Z) were together and headed toward my Aunt's school bus. After opening the door there was a note on the step that read, "Oops, did I say the seat? Maybe the US POSTal service can help." We started to walk down the long driveway to the mail box. And P took the clue with us. Meanwhile S and M were just reading the clue from their eggs. We were half way down the driveway when they reached the bus and were searching everywhere inside for the clue! :) I yelled back at them that we had it. P and I walked all the way to the Mail box and grabbed the clue. S and M caught up with us and we read it, "I am always Orange, but sometimes I am Orange And Yellow. The raccoon like me when I am yellow." We finally saw K and C who had disappeared during the scavenger hunt, so as we were waiting on them to catch up with us P, V, and Al started to pet the horses. P was holding the clue when one of the horses sneezed all over him. Grossed out P went inside to change his shirt. The clue was splattered with little greenish dots. *YUCK* But we headed to the barn to find a Orange machine that held corn during parts of the year... S and Z came running out of the barn with the next clue, "We were too naughty to be in the barn with our "Rolled" up friends." And that was to lead us to the clue that we had already found. So, instead of walking all the way to where that clue was we went to where it was going to lead us. We remembered it saying, "If it was Thanksgiving time I would have a body". This led us to the back of the barn where my Aunt stores a wooden turkey head that she places on a round bale at Thanksgiving time! The clue we found there said, "Stop(with a pic of a stop sign) (and it had two street names)". It led to an intersection down the road from my Aunt's house. So we sent S and Z down to get it on the 4 wheeler! They drove back up with it, and it led us to a yellow wagon at the back of the barn where we found a bag of Silly String (SS)! So then we all headed to the front yard to have a Silly String fight!!! Everyone participated (cousin wise) and it was a lot of fun!
4. Then I went inside and colored a few hard boiled eggs. Mine had the initials "RW" on one side and "AM" on the other! ;) After this I was summoned outside by my cousin K. Where he and Vic talked me into riding the 4 Wheeler around the yard! It was fun I have to say! I liked it a LOT better than the dirt bike! After that I chatted with K for a little while, and then more people started to congregate in the driveway, so we gathered the ones that weren't there and played Poison! (A game with a basket ball) All in all I played 4 rounds, but only 2 with everyone. I didn't win ever, but got second once. Ab won 2, K won 1 or 2. I don't remember who won the last round. We then decided to play kickball. It didn't last very long. (just long enough make me sore today! :) )
5. The kickball game ended then we decided to go for our annual egg throwing at the target "game". We each got a dozen eggs and tried to splat them at a target that my Aunt made years ago. Which led to an egg toss that I came in third for the second round. I was the cause for K and my loss on the first time, for I was still wearing my purity ring. Thus it broke when it hit it... :( Oh well!
6. After that we had our egg hunt. We could each find 5 plastic without a name and 2 with our name. All in all I got $1.25 in quarters, a 50 cent piece, and a golden dollar! Fun rewards!! :) All the cousins participated! Another praiseworthy thing!
7. Following the egg hunt we all went inside. Then a few of us participated in the peep game. (You know, those marshmallows covered in sugar! :D ) My Aunt had coded the backs of the peep bunnies with letters and symbols. We had to unscramble words that the letters made! It was fun! Then we had to leave, so after getting a hug from EVERY cousin minus one (WOAH!!! That NEVER happens! It was amazing!), we went home!!
So that was my AMAZING day yesterday!!!! So cool right!!!??? Everyone enjoy their Resurrection Sunday! And remember the real reason we are celebrating! I was thinking about it on the way home from work today. You know, God is AWESOME! He sent His Son to die so that I might go to live with Him forever! WOW! God is so AWESOME!! Have a great weekend!!
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